CERN : how we found the Higgs boson / Michael Krause.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krause, Michael, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Organization for Nuclear Research--History.

European Organization for Nuclear Research.

Higgs bosons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This informative and entertaining book provides a broad look at the fascinating history of CERN, and the physicists working in different areas at CERN who were active in the discovery of the Higgs Boson. Profound and well-structured, the contents combine present day interviews with the scientists of CERN, the world''s largest laboratory dedicated to the pursuit of fundamental science, with important figures in the history of science (e.g., Maxwell, Faraday, Einstein), and also gives a lot of information on the history of quantum mechanics and the history of physics from its beginnings. It is a

Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 The History of CERN; The Spirit of Europe; CERN-How It All Started; CERN Initiatives; CERN's History; The Ambivalent Role of the British; CERN-An Idea Takes Shape; Intergovernmental Meeting of UNESCO in Paris, December 1951; UNESCO General Conference, Sixth Session, Paris, December 1951; The Birth of CERN; Cosmic Rays from Outer Space; The CERN Convention of June 1953; The Work Begins; Felix Bloch; The Creation of CERN, Phases I-III; Personnel Data; The Structure of CERN (as of 1954); The Era of Cornelis Jan Bakker (1955-1960)

SC, PS, LINAC, and Other MachinesBubble Chambers, BEBC, Gargamelle; Gargamelle; Georges Charpak's Multi-Wire Proportional Chamber (MWPC); The ISR and Other New Proton Accelerators; From PS to SPS-the Return of John Adams; From Large Electron-Positron Collider (LEP) to Large Hadron Collider (LHC); The Large Hadron Collider; CERN Particle Accelerators; Types of Particle Accelerators; LINACs; Cyclotrons; Synchrotrons; Storage Rings; The CERN Data Center, the World Wide Web, and Beyond; The LHC Incident of 2008 and Restart; Geneva, July 4, 2012; CERN Today; International Relations of CERN

The Future of CERNThe History of CERN; 2 The Practitioner: Rolf-Dieter Heuer; The Atomic Theory of Democritus of Abdera; Democritus' Atomic Model; Faust; Notable Quotes by Rolf-Dieter Heuer; 3 The Beginning of Modern Physics: Galileo, Copernicus, and Kepler; 4 The Experimentalist: Tejinder S. Virdee; The Four Fundamental Forces (Interactions); Quotes by and about Newton; Isaac Newton; Notable Quotes by Tejinder Virdee; 5 Dalton - Thomson - Rutherford - Bohr; The Development of the Atomic Model; Bohr's Atomic Model; 6 The Man Who Built The LHC: Lyn Evans; The Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

Notable Quotes by Lyn Evans7 Physics, Music, and Art: Tara Shears; The LHCb Experiment; Francis Bacon (1561-1626); Notable Quotes by Tara Shears; 8 The Theorist: John Ellis; The Standard Model; Notable Quotes by John Ellis; 9 Oersted - Ampère - Faraday - Maxwell; Hans Christian Oersted (1777-1851); André-Marie Ampère (1775-1836); Michael Faraday (1791-1867); Electromagnetic Induction-Classical Field Theory; Electromagnetism: James Clerk Maxwell; 10 The Communicator: Rolf Landua; Edwin Powell Hubble (1889-1953); Notable Quotes by Rolf Landua; 11 Albert Einstein (1879-1955); Einstein Quotes

12 The Japanese Way: Masaki HoriAntimatter I; The Michelson-Morley Experiment; Antimatter II; Einstein's Cosmological Constant; Notable Quotes by Masaki Hori; 13 The Nobel Prize Laureate: Carlo Rubbia; The Rubbiatron; Notable Quotes by Carlo Rubbia; 14 The American Friend: Sebastian White; The Flammarion Engraving; The Crab Nebula-Type II Supernovae; Type Ia Supernovae; Notable Quotes by Sebastian White; 15 Friendly Competitors: Sebastian White and Albert De Roeck; ATLAS and CMS-A Healthy Competition; 16 Rock 'n' Roll, Beer, Billiards, and Music: Jonathan Butterworth

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789814623469

9814623466

9789814623476

9814623474