Particle Accelerators, Colliders, and the Story of High Energy Physics Charming the Cosmic Snake /

• Main Author: Jayakumar, Raghavan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Subjects: Physics.; Cosmology.; Nuclear physics.; Particle acceleration.; Popular works.; Electrical engineering.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Electrical Engineering.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Popular Science, general.

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...