The insider report on the search for the "God particle": How we hunted down the Higgs
The discovery of the Higgs boson made headlines around the world. But what exactly is this "God particle" and how was it found?
Jon Butterworth can answer these questions first-hand. He is one of the leading physicists at CERN and reports from the front line on the impressive technology of the accelerator and the search for order in the chaos of particle debris. For the author, the hunt for the Higgs was the greatest adventure of his life. His insider report is a fast-paced journey into the world of natural laws to the limits of our knowledge.
The author Jon Butterworth is Head of Physics and Astronomy at University College London and was a leading scientist searching for the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva. He writes the blog "Life & Physics" for the British daily newspaper The Guardian.
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