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Book SynopsisAs accessible as it is fascinating, The Large Hadron Collider reveals the inner workings of this masterful achievement of technology, along with the mind-blowing discoveries that will keep it at the center of the scientific frontier for the foreseeable future.
Trade ReviewThe book is a fast read brimming with personality. Reading about the Large Hadron Collider, with its spinning particle streams, hypercontrolled collisions, and awesome implications, is like learning about what wizards do. -- Anna Call Foreword Reviews Lincoln's tales of the LHC... offer readers fresh insight into some of the most significant research in modern physics. Publishers Weekly Laypersons interested in the building blocks of the universe and/or the newsworthy LHC will learn a lot from this work and enjoy the process. Library Journal Physics blends with some amazing stories of the Higgs boson and other details in a powerful scientific survey packed with insights that are both scientifically detailed and widely accessible to general-interest readers. California Bookwatch This engaging story will be appreciated by readers interested in the frontiers of science... Highly recommended. Choice Written in accessible language and an engaging manner. Metascience I was pleased to see how Lincoln's sense of humor... lightens what might otherwise be a tedious enumeration of technical details. Metascience
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
1. Beginnings and Building Blocks
2. Stuff We Already Know
3. Accelerators and the LHC
4. Incredible Detectors
5. Teething Pains and Triumphs
6. The Dramatic Higgs Saga
7. Looking for Something New
8. The Future Is Bright!
Suggested Reading
Index
