Particle Accelerators, Colliders, and the Story of High Energy Physics Charming the Cosmic Snake /
The Nordic mythological Cosmic Serpent, Ouroboros, is said to be coiled in the depths of the sea, surrounding the Earth with its tail in its mouth. In physics, this snake is a metaphor for the Universe, where the head, symbolizing the largest entity – the Cosmos – is one with the tail, symbolizing t...
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
2012.
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