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Close, F. E.
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Higgs, Peter, 1929-2024.
Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Higgs bosons.
Quantum theory.
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Close, F. E.
Higgs, Peter, 1929-2024.
Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Higgs bosons.
Quantum theory.
MARC Display
Elusive
:
how
Peter
Higgs
solved
the
mystery
of
mass
/ Frank Close.
by
Close, F. E.
Basic Books, 2022.
Call #:
539.092 H637c
Subjects
Higgs
,
Peter
, 1929-2024.
Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Higgs
bosons.
Quantum theory.
ISBN:
9781541620803 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xi, 287 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"The first major biography of
Peter
Higgs
, revealing
how
a short burst of work changed modern physics On July 4, 2012, the announcement came that one of the longest-running mysteries in physics had been
solved
: the
Higgs
boson, the missing piece in understanding why particles have
mass
, had finally been discovered. On the rostrum, surrounded by jostling physicists and media, was the particle's retiring namesake--the only person in history to have an existing single particle named for them. Why
Peter
Higgs
? Drawing on years of conversations with
Higgs
and others, Close illuminates
how
an unprolific man became one of the world's most famous scientists. Close finds that scientific competition between people, institutions, and states played as much of a role in making
Higgs
famous as
Higgs
's work did. A revelatory study of both a scientist and his era,
Elusive
will remake our understanding of modern physics."--Publisher.
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Biographies.
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Tantallon Public Library
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539.092 H637c
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