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Massive
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Ian Sample |
This science story, the biggest of our time, spans four decades, weaving together the personal narratives and international rivalries behind the search for the "God particle," or Higgs boson. A story… |
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The Large Hadron Collider
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Martin Beech |
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the largest engineering project ever undertaken, and one of the most expensive. Why are physicists around the world so excited about it? What secrets of the univers… |
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George and the Big Bang
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James Goode,Lucy Hawking,Stephen Hawking,Greg Parsons |
George tries to escape a host of problems by going to Switzerland to help his friend Annie's father, Eric, run an experiment exploring the origins of the universe, but faces saboteurs and a mysteriou… |
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The eidolon
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Libby McGugan |
A worn-down nuclear physicist from Scotland is tapped by a brilliant lab expert at CERN to work for a week on a project for a hundred thousand pounds. Being intrigued, and ready for a change, Robert … |
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The large hadron collider
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Bonnie Juettner Fernandes |
"Describes the struggles and accomplishments in building the Hadron Super Collider, the tool that scientists use to understand how the universe first began. Includes glossary, websites, and bibliogra… |
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Most wanted particle
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Jon Butterworth |
A leading member of the team at the Large Hadron Collider discusses his career in physics and his team's hunt for the elusive Higgs boson. |
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The gates
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John Connolly |
Samuel Johnson has a number of problems: his dad cares more about his car than his family; his mother is lonely, and only Samuel's dog, Boswell, truly understands him. Oh, and as if things couldn't g… |
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Gates
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John Connolly |
An hilarius adventure story , an UN-fairy, demonic story plus scientific information that should be required reading in junior schools at least. |
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The infinity puzzle
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F. E. Close |
"Speculation is rife that by 2012 the elusive Higgs boson will be found at the Large Hadron Collider. If found, the Higgs boson would help explain why everything has mass. But there's more at stake-w… |
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Pathway to anyverse
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Larry Morris |
Earth is in serious trouble. In fact, our whole universe is in trouble. William and Kelly discover the trouble is coming from another universe. They must try to stop it before our universe, and many … |
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The quantum frontier
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Don Lincoln |
"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, amid unprecedented glo… |
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