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Author Close, F. E., author.

Title Elusive : how Peter Higgs solved the mystery of mass / Frank Close.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, 2022.
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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B HIGGS, PETER    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-HIGGS CLO    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 HIGGS, PET    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B HIGGS PETER C    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-HIGGS, P.    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-273) and index.
Contents Prelude: The case of the disappearing professor -- A name on the board -- The single helix -- The particle explosion -- The superconductor -- Higgs' epiphany -- Now we are six -- Birth of a boson -- "Peter--you're famous!" -- The first disappearance--1976 -- Every journey begins with a single step -- A machine for 1 TeV --- Father of the God particle -- The "doomsday machine" -- "We should go to CERN" -- The fourth of July -- "Time to plan my escape" -- The glittering prizes -- Zigzag -- Epilogue: The view across the plains -- Appendix 4.1: Ginzburg and Landau's Mexican hat -- Appendix 5.1: Higgs' first paper decoded -- Appendix 5.1: Higgs' second paper decoded.
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."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Higgs, Peter, 1929-
Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Higgs bosons.
Quantum theory.
Quantum Theory. (DNLM)D011789
SCIENCE / Physics.
Higgs, Peter, 1929- (OCoLC)fst01947375
Higgs bosons. (OCoLC)fst00955984
Physicists. (OCoLC)fst01063014
Quantum theory. (OCoLC)fst01085128
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
ISBN 9781541620803 (hardcover)
1541620801 (hardcover)
9781541620797 (ebook)
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