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Higgs: the invention and discovery of the 'god particle' /
Relates the history of the search for the Higgs boson, also known as the "God" particle.
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | https://books.google.co.in/books?id=yVQMqgZrPt4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Higgs:+the+invention+and+discovery+of+the+god+particle&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwillMCiwcLMAhUQ2mMKHQkBDvYQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=Higgs%3A%20the%20invention%20and%20discovery%20of%20the%20god%20particle&f=false |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue: Form and substance
- pt. 1. Invention
- The poetry of logical ideas
- Not a sufficient excuse
- People will be very stupid about it
- Applying the right ideas to the wrong problem
- I can do that
- pt. 2. Discovery
- Alternating neutral currents
- They must be Ws
- Throw deep
- A fantastic moment
- The Shakespeare question
- Epilogue: The construction of mass.