Collider

4/1/2010

Have you ever wondered what our universe is made of? What are the smallest pieces that everything is made of? Collider: The Search for the World's Smallest Particles is an accessible guide to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the most powerful particle-smasher in the world, and the experiments that will transform our understanding of the universe. The LHC is designed to recreate the conditions that existed just moments after the Big Bang, in a search for answers to some of the most fundamental mysteries of the universe - the Higgs boson particle, quarks, dark matter, dark energy, and more. In this comprehensive and fascinating book, award-winning physicist Paul Halpern explains the science behind experimental high-energy physics at the LHC and how it hopes to change what we know about the universe. Discover why the theoretical Higgs boson is called the God particle, what makes the discovery of this particle so important, and the potential breakthroughs that could revolutionize our understanding of modern physics. Pick up Collider and go on a journey to the tiniest depths of the universe that will change the way you see everything around you.

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