The reclusive Higgs posited the existence of his particle in a paper in 1964. It was 2012 before it was confirmed at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. A superb study of a scientist and his era.
Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass
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£25.00
Edition:Hardback978024152114407/07/2022
Categories: 01. Summer Books 2022: Biography, Science, Summer Books 2022
Tag: Technology
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