| Portion of title |
Beauty, truth, and wonders in the path to the Higgs boson and new laws of nature |
| Contents |
Splitting the atom : 1927 -- Encountering resistance -- Numbering the atoms -- Heavens -- Flora -- Revolution! -- Storytellers -- Function follows form! -- A new law of nature -- Beta version -- Doctor deepfreeze -- Uncle Ted -- An electroweak theory -- The stuff that beams are made of -- Ommatidia -- A world in a grain of sand -- Validation -- Trading places -- Numinous fire -- What is the world made of? -- Matter vs. antimatter -- The best of all possible worlds? |
| Abstract |
"Grace in All Simplicity narrates the saga of how we have prospected for some of Nature's most tightly held secrets, the basic constituents of matter and the fundamental forces that rule them. Our current understanding of the world (and universe) we inhabit is the result of curiosity, diligence, and daring, of abstraction and synthesis, and of an abiding faith in the value of exploration. In these pages we will meet scientists of both past and present. These men and women are professional scientists and amateurs, the eccentric and the conventional, performers and introverts."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN | 9781639364817 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1639364811 |
