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100 1  Close, F. E.,|eauthor. 
245 10 Elusive :|bhow Peter Higgs solved the mystery of mass /
       |cFrank Close. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBasic Books,|c2022. 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    xi, 287 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-273) and 
       index. 
505 0  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.  
520    "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."--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
600 10 Higgs, Peter,|d1929- 
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