The Particle Zoo

Name: The Particle Zoo
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SKU: 9781784298708
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The Search for the Fundamental Nature of Reality

By Gavin Hesketh

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The Particle Zoo by Gavin Hesketh explores the fascinating world of particle physics, guiding readers through the discovery and understanding of subatomic particles. The book demystifies complex concepts by detailing the experiments and insights that have led to our current understanding of the universe's building blocks, making it accessible to both enthusiasts and newcomers to the field.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the intricate world of particle physics and want to explore the fundamental particles that make up the universe. It's an engaging guide for those curious about the discoveries and experiments that have shaped our understanding of matter and the cosmos.

The search for the fundamental nature of reality

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What is everything really made of? If we split matter down into smaller and infinitesimally smaller pieces, where do we arrive? At the Particle Zoo - the extraordinary subatomic world of antimatter, ghostly neutrinos, strange-flavoured quarks and time-travelling electrons, gravitons and glueballs, mindboggling eleven-dimensional strings and the elusive Higgs boson itself.

Be guided around this strangest of zoos by Gavin Hesketh, experimental particle physicist at humanity's greatest experiment, the Large Hadron Collider. Concisely and with a rare clarity, he demystifies how we are uncovering the inner workings of the universe and heading towards the next scientific revolution.

Why are atoms so small? How did the Higgs boson save the universe? And is there a Theory of Everything? The Particle Zoo answers these and many other profound questions, and explains the big ideas of Quantum Physics, String Theory, The Big Bang and Dark Matter... and, ultimately, what we know about the true, fundamental nature of reality.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784298708

Publisher: Quercus Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 June 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Quercus Publishing

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 336

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About the Author

Gavin Hesketh is an experimental particle physicist, supported by the Royal Society and based at University College London and CERN in Switzerland.

He is currently working on the ATLAS experiment, one of the major projects at the Large Hadron Collider, and is therefore at the heart of the cutting edge experiments that are searching for a deeper understanding of the universe at its most fundamental scales.

Gavin has appeared on the BBC's Horizon and Stargazing Live programs and been interviewed regularly on Radio 5Live about discoveries at the Large Hadron Collider.