Halpern, Paul,  1961- <br/><br/>
Collider :  the search for the world's smallest particles / 
Paul Halpern. 
 - Hoboken, N.J. :  John Wiley & Sons,  c2009. 
 - xii, 260 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-243) and index. 
<br/><br/>Journey to the heart of the Large Hadron Collider -- The machinery of perfection -- The secrets of creation -- The quest for a theory of everything -- Striking gold : Rutherford's scattering experiments -- Smashing successes : the first accelerators -- A compelling quartet : the four fundamental forces -- A tale of two rings : the Tevatron and the Super Proton Synchrotron -- Deep in the heart of Texas : the rise and fall of the Superconducting Super Collider -- Cashing by design : building the Large Hadron Collider -- Denizens of the dark : resolving the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy -- The brane drain : looking for portals to higher dimensions -- Microscopic black holes : a boon to science or a boom for the world? -- The future of high-energy physics : the International Linear Collider and beyond. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780470286203 (cloth) 9780470643914 0470286202 (cloth) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009007114 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA949403  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015261177  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>European Organization for Nuclear Research.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland)<br/>Particles (Nuclear physics)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC787.P73  / H35 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>539.7/376094