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How modern physics has betrayed the search for scientific truth. Ranging from the greek philosophers leucippus and democritus, and their theories of atoms and void, to the development of quantum field theory and the discovery of a higgs bosonlike particle, he explores our changing understanding of the nature of matter, and the fundamental related concept of mass. On december 10, 20, two of the physicists, peter higgs and francois englert, were awarded the nobel prize in physics for their theoretical predictions. The particle is the cornerstone of the standard model, a 40yearold mathematical blueprint for the way elementary particles behave. Supersymmetric particles, super strings, the multiverse, the holographic principle, or the anthropic cosmological principle. If the higgs field really exists, then it should produce a telltale field quantum the higgs boson. The invention and discovery of the god particle hardcover 2012 first edition ed. Higgs is an impressive volume, clarifying details, making the concepts that have been in dispute for years finally lucid higgs drills deep under your skin, constantly ferreting out new vistas, easily escaping our eyes. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them.
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