From the Publisher
We are living in a Golden Age of physics. With the mind of a
scientist and the skill of a journalist, bestselling author and
renowned physicist Frank Close gives us an insider''s look at one
of the most inspiring - and challenging - scientific breakthroughs
of our time: the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva.
About 40 years ago, 3 brilliant, yet little-known scientists made
breakthroughs that later inspired the construction of the Large
Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva: a 27-kilometre-long machine
which has already cost $10 billion, taken 20 years to build and now
promises to reveal how the universe itself came to be. The
Infinity Puzzle is the inside story of those 40 years of
research, breakthrough and endeavour. The work of Peter Higgs,
Gerard ''t Hooft and James Bjorken is explored here, played out
across the decades against a backdrop of high politics, low
behaviour and billion-dollar budgets. In The Infinity
Puzzle, eminent physicist and award-winning author Frank
Close writes from within the action and draws upon his close
friendships with those involved.
About the Author
FRANK CLOSE is professor of theoretical physics at Oxford
University, dean of Graduate Studies and fellow of Exeter College,
Oxford. He has been fellow of the Institute of Physics since 1991,
and was awarded the Institute''s Kelvin Medal for his contributions
to the Public Understanding of Physics. He was formerly the head of
the Theoretical Physics Division at the Rutherford Appleton
Laboratory, and head of communications and public education at
CERN. He is the author of several books, including the bestselling
Lucifer''s Legacy. His other books include
Antimatter, Neutrino, The
Cosmic Onion, Apocalypse When?,
Too Hot to Handle and The Particle
Odyssey.
Format: Hardcover
Published: November 29, 2011
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Language: English
The following ISBNs are associated with this title:
ISBN - 10: 0307399818
ISBN - 13: 9780307399816
