The Large Hadron Collider Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe /

• Main Author: Beech, Martin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Particle acceleration.; Popular works.; Quantum Physics.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Popular Science, general.

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 universe does this gargantuan piece of machinery hope to reveal? What risks are there in operating it? Could...