Massive: The Hunt for the God Particle

Ian Sample

ISBN 10: 0753522128 / ISBN 13: 9780753522127

Published by Virgin Books, London, 2010

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8vo pp. 307.

Seller Inventory # 245634

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Massive: The Hunt for the God Particle
• Publisher: Virgin Books, London
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753522128
• ISBN 13: 9780753522127
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science

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Synopsis

In the early 1960s, three groups of physicists, working independently in different countries, stumbled upon an idea that would change physics and fuel one of the greatest races science has ever seen. That idea was the 'God particle', or Higgs boson - to find it would be to finally understand the origins of mass, the last building block of life itself. This is the gripping story of the quest to discover it. Massive weaves together the personal stories and intense rivalries of the teams of scientists searching for the Higgs boson in a tale of grand ambition, trans-Atlantic competition, clashing egos and occasionally spectacular failures. From the giant particle colliders built to further the hunt to the political fallout of budget blowouts and debates over whether the search might destroy the universe - and whether the Higgs particle even exists at all - it is an epic story of imagination, personal ambition, sub-atomic exploration and global significance.

About the Author

Ian Sample is an award-winning science correspondent at the Guardian newspaper. He was named investigative journalist of the year in 2005 by the Association of British Science Writers. He was previously a feature writer for New Scientist and holds a PhD in biomedical science from Queen Mary, University of London. Born in Oxfordshire, he now lives in London.