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Author:

Carroll, Sean M., 1966-

Title:

The particle at the end of the universe [sound recording] : [how the hunt for the Higgs boson leads us to the edge of a new world] / by Sean Carroll.

Format:

[sound recording] :

Publisher:

Recorded Books,

Copyright Date:

p2013

Description:

9 sound discs (10 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Higgs bosons.
Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland)
Standard model (Nuclear physics)
Discoveries in science.
Audiobooks.

Other Authors:

Hogan, Jonathan. nrt

Notes:

Unabridged. Compact discs. Subtitle from container. Narrated by Jonathan Hogan. In container (17 cm.). "With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container.

Summary:

Caltech physicist and author Sean Carroll offers listeners this profile of the Large Hadron Collider and the search for the mysterious Higgs boson particle, the subatomic building block that imbues elementary particles with mass. Carroll chronicles how such a complex project got off the ground in the first place and explains why this discovery is so important, and what it means for the future of physics.

ISBN:

1470342731
9781470342739

OCLC:

(OCoLC)824458472

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)