Pauline Gagnon

Broschiertes Buch

Who Cares about Particle Physics?

Making Sense of the Higgs Boson, the Large Hadron Collider and Cern

Beschreibung

This book explains in clear terms for non-specialists what is happening at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics located near Geneva. It starts from the basics to build a solid understanding of the relevance of current research in particle physics.

Autor

Pauline Gagnon was born in Quebec, Canada. After teaching physics for a few years in local colleges, she moved to California, where she completed a PhD in particle physics at University of California in Santa Cruz in 1993. She then started doing research at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics and is now a Senior Research Scientist at Indiana University. Since 2012, Pauline Gagnon has devoted all her time to popular science activities. In her own words, particle physics is too much fun to leave it only to physicists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9780198826279
• ISBN-10: 0198826273
• Artikelnr.: 50499394