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The Quantum Frontier: The Large Hadron Collider

	List Price: £13.00 Our Price: £10.48 Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press
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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 539.7376 EAN: 9780801891441 Feature: New ISBN: 0801891442 Label: The Johns Hopkins University Press Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: 2009-02-04 Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press Studio: The Johns Hopkins University Press
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Official Review: The highest-energy particle accelerator ever built, the Large Hadron Collider runs under the border between France and Switzerland. It leapt into action on September 10, 2008. Exploring what the collider does and what it might find, the author explains what the LHC is likely to teach us about particle physics.
The Quantum Frontier: The Large Hadron Collider User Reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Marvellous! Comment: I'm incredibly stupid and even I, Thicky McThicky-Thick-Thick (I got married and triple barreled), can understand this book. A great starter for ten if you want to know more about the world of nerds and the really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really tiny. Really tiny. Customer Rating: Summary: Good general coverage Comment: Great general coverage and history of particle physics. Amazing detail about the structure of the LHC and it's detectors but as usual with books like this due to the publishing timetable it is slightly out of date when it is released. Customer Rating: Summary: Essential general reading Comment: This is a good read generally. It is well written, easy to follow and quite amusing in places. It is appropriate to someone familiar with physics, say GCSE, A level or maybe even undergraduate level who want a quick review of the LHC and particle physics. The first two sections on the Standard Model, the forces of nature and what we hope to find out are interesting but could have contained more detail about the Big Bang, though the author does excuse himself for not covering this aspect in detail. The section on the accelerator itself is probably the best part of the book though it would have helped to have had a few more actual pictures rather than artist impressions. However this would have pushed the cost of the book up and at just over a tenner for a hardback, this book is excellent value for money and should be in every library. The section on detectors is a bit heavy going; better illustrations or pictures may have once more helped. The final section on a review of the future, 'where are we going', seemed a bit rushed and lacking in detail. All said and done, this book was an enjoyable read and suitable for anyone wanting to know a bit more about what the Large Hadron Collider is all about. I'm glad the author didn't make too much of a fuss about the risks involved as this is an area attracting unnecessary interest and media hype. Particle Physics, and physics generally, is the subject area to be in. The world wide web concept evolved from work at CERN, and it makes you wonder what new discoveries are around the corner. Physicists solve problems, and there's a few of them around at the moment!

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