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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Atoms, the building blocks of normal matter, consist of protons, neutrons and electrons.
Chapter 3: In the twentieth century, researchers uncovered the tiny particles known as leptons and quarks.
Chapter 4: Our universe is bound together by gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces.
Chapter 5: Interactions with the Higgs field are what grant every particle its mass.
Chapter 6: Imagine the Higgs field as a crowd of party guests slowing you from reaching the buffet.
Chapter 7: Researchers constructed the gigantic Large Hadron Collider to probe tiny particles more deeply.
Chapter 8: By colliding particles, researchers aimed to obtain evidence that the Higgs boson is real.
Chapter 9: Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider finally detected the long-sought Higgs boson in 2012.
Chapter 10: Finding the Higgs boson could unlock fresh possibilities in technology and fundamental science.
Description
The Particle at the End of the Universe gives you a crash course in particle physics by explaining the basics of what has become known as the “standard model.” The book also details the fascinating and exciting journey that eventually led to the discovery of the elusive Higgs boson.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone interested in physics
- Anyone who wants to learn about the origin and the characteristics of our universe
- Anyone curious about the Large Hadron Collider and how it works