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The biggest science story of our time, Massive spans four decades, weaving together the personal narratives and international rivalries behind the search for the "God" particle, or Higgs boson. A story of grand ambition, intense competition, clashing egos, and occasionally spectacular failures, Massive is the first book that reveals the science, culture, and politics behind the biggest unanswered question in modern physics -- what gives things mass?

Drawing upon his unprecedented access to Peter Higgs, after whom the particle is named, award-winning science writer Ian Sample chronicles the multinational and multibillion-dollar quest to solve the mystery of mass. For scientists, to find the God particle is to finally understand the origin of mass, and until now, the story of their search has never been told.

ISBN-13: 9780465058730

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Basic Books

Publication Date: 01-08-2013

Pages: 304

Product Dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)

Age Range: 13 - 18 Years

Ian Sample is a science correspondent at the Guardian, and before that at New Scientist. He holds a PhD in biomedical science and was named investigative journalist of the year in 2005 by the Association of British Science Writers. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

Prologue ix

1 Long Road to Princeton 1

2 Shadow of the Bomb 15

3 Seventy-Nine Lines 35

4 The Enchanted Prince 55

5 An Earnest Revenge 71

6 Reagan's Renegade 103

7 Massive Maggie 125

8 The End Is Not Nigh 143

9 The Gordian Knot 169

10 Chasing the Wind 189

11 Hidden World 211

Afterword 223

Acknowledgments 227

Notes 231

Bibliography 249

Index 253