TY  - BOOK
AU  - Halpern,Paul
TI  - Collider: the search for the world's smallest particles 
SN  - 9780470286203 (cloth)
AV  - QC787.P73 H35 2009
U1  - 539.7/376094 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Hoboken, N.J.
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
KW  - European Organization for Nuclear Research
KW  - Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland)
KW  - Particles (Nuclear physics)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-243) and index; 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
ER  -