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020 $a9781571463104$q(hardcover :$qalk. paper)
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050 00 $aQC787.P3$bN33 2015
082 00 $a539.7/360951$223
100 1 $aNadis, Steven J.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aFrom the Great Wall to the Great Collider :$bChina and the quest to uncover the inner workings of the universe /$cSteve Nadis, Shing-Tung Yau.
263 $a1511
264 1 $aSomerville, Massachusetts :$bInternational Press of Boston,$c2015.
264 4 $c©2015
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe next Great Wall -- A clarion call -- Smashing atoms -- Chasing the Higgs -- Beyond the standard model -- China on center stage -- An accelerator for-and of-the world -- The most amazing spinoff of all -- Epilogue: what lies beneath.
520 $a"The 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson was a sensational triumph--the culmination of a 48-year-long search that put the finishing touches on the so-called "Standard Model" of particle physics. While the celebrations were still underway, researchers in China were making plans to continue the centuries-old quest to identify the fundamental building blocks of nature. More specifically, they began laying the groundwork for a giant accelerator-up to 100 kilometers in circumference-that would transport physics into a previously inaccessible, high-energy realm where a host of new particles, and perhaps a sweeping new symmetry, might be found. The case for such an instrument is compelling: Even though the Standard Model can describe the behavior of particles with astounding accuracy, it is incomplete. The theory has little to say about the Big Bang, gravity, dark matter, dark energy, and other far-reaching topics. This book explains how an ambitious new machine-on the scale of China's proposed "Great Collider"-could provide us with a fuller understanding of the origins of our universe and its most basic constituents"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aParticle accelerators.
650 0 $aStandard model (Nuclear physics)
650 0 $aHiggs bosons.
650 0 $aPhysics$xResearch$zChina.
700 1 $aYau, Shing-Tung,$d1949-$eauthor.