- EAN13
- 9780465028030
- Éditeur
- Basic Books
- Date de publication
- 29/11/2011
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
The Infinity Puzzle
Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe
Frank Close
Basic Books
Livre numérique
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Aide EAN13 : 9780465028030
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Impossible
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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 -- what we're really testing is
our capacity to make the universe reasonable.
Our best understanding of physics is predicated on something known as quantum
field theory. Unfortunately, in its raw form, it doesn't't make sense -- its
outputs are physically impossible infinite percentages when they should be
something simpler, like the number 1. The kind of physics that the Higgs boson
represents seeks to "renormalize" field theory, forcing equations to provide
answers that match what we see in the real world.
The Infinity Puzzle is the story of a wild idea on the road to acceptance.
Only Close can tell it.
Large Hadron Collider. If found, the Higgs boson would help explain why
everything has mass. But there's more at stake -- what we're really testing is
our capacity to make the universe reasonable.
Our best understanding of physics is predicated on something known as quantum
field theory. Unfortunately, in its raw form, it doesn't't make sense -- its
outputs are physically impossible infinite percentages when they should be
something simpler, like the number 1. The kind of physics that the Higgs boson
represents seeks to "renormalize" field theory, forcing equations to provide
answers that match what we see in the real world.
The Infinity Puzzle is the story of a wild idea on the road to acceptance.
Only Close can tell it.
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