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LEADER: 01738nam a22003138a 4500
001 2011022966
003 DLC
005 20110706085224.0
008 110705s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011022966
020 $a9780465021444 (hardback)
020 $a9780465028030 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aQC174.45$b.C56 2011
082 00 $a530.14/3$223
084 $aSCI034000$aSCI055000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aClose, F. E.
245 14 $aThe infinity puzzle :$bquantum field theory and the hunt for an orderly universe /$cFrank Close.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$c2011.
263 $a1112
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"Speculation is rife that by 2012 the elusive Higgs boson will be found at the Large Hadron Collider. If found, the Higgs boson would help explain why everything has mass. But there's more at stake-what we're really testing is our capacity to make the universe reasonable. Our best understanding of physics is predicated on something known as quantum field theory. Unfortunately, in its raw form, it doesn't make sense-its outputs are physically impossible infinite percentages when they should be something simpler, like the number 1. The kind of physics that the Higgs boson represents seeks to "renormalize" field theory, forcing equations to provide answers that match what we see in the real world. The Infinity Puzzle is the story of a wild idea on the road to acceptance. Only Close can tell it"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aQuantum field theory.
650 0 $aHiggs bosons.
650 0 $aInfinite.
650 7 $aSCIENCE / History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSCIENCE / Physics.$2bisacsh