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Why the universe exists : how particle physics unlocks the secrets of everything / [editor, Stephen Battersby].

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ISBN 9781473629684 (paperback)
1473629683 (paperback)
Title Why the universe exists : how particle physics unlocks the secrets of everything / [editor, Stephen Battersby].
Publisher/Date London : John Murray Learning, 2017.
©2017
Pagination etc. xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Series Instant expert (New Scientist (Firm))
Contents note ''New scientist''--Title page.
Includes index.
1. Fantastic particles and where to find them -- 2. Boson power -- 3. The Higgs maker -- 4. Quark tales -- 5. Antimatter -- 6. The little neutral ones -- 7. The lethal lightweight -- 8. Superparticles and beyond -- 9. Pieces of gravity -- 10. After the Large Hadron Collider -- 11. Practical particles -- 12. Conclusion.
Summary Note WHY THE UNIVERSE EXISTS takes you deep into the world of particle physics to explore how the universe functions at the smallest scales. As you read this, billions of neutrinos from the sun are passing through your body, antimatter is sprouting from your dinner and the core of your being is a chaotic mess of particles known only as quarks and gluons. If the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson piqued your interest, then WHY THE UNIVERSE EXISTS will take you deeper into the world of particle physics, with leading physicists and New Scientist exploring how the universe functions at the smallest scales. Find out about hunt for dark matter and why there is something rather than nothing. Discover how accelerators such as the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland are rewinding time to the first moments after the big bang, and how ghostly neutrino particles may hold the answers to the greatest mysteries of the universe.
Subject Nuclear physics
Cosmology
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Particles (Nuclear physics) -- Popular works
Quantum theory
Science -- Philosophy
Cosmography
Universe -- Popular works
Added Author Battersby, Stephen, 1949- editor.
Corporate Author New Scientist (Firm)
Shelf Location 539.72 WHYT
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