Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass

by Frank Close

Book Overview

*A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Selection* The first major biography of Peter Higgs, revealing how a short burst of work changed modern physics On July 4, 2012, the announcement came that one of the longest-running mysteries in physics had been solved: the Higgs boson, the missing piece in understanding why particles have mass, had finally been discovered. On the rostrum, surrounded by jostling physicists and media, was the particle's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541620801
• ISBN13: 9781541620803
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.9"