La Traque Des Particules Élémentaires
Tracking Elementary Particles
From Leucippe to Charpark, including Lavoisier, Marie Curie and others…
Jacqueline Desselle-Marinacce, Author, PHD Science
Jean-Paul Martin, Preface writer, Director of Research for the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research)
By the stroke of good fortune, this book was published just when the CERN issued the July 2012 monumental communication, thus putting the reader at the heart of the events which have fired the imagination of the physicists tracking the HIGGS boson for over forty years!
Focussing on a few outstanding people, this book recalls the endless game of hide-and-seek men and particles have played together for about three millennium.
It spans over a period of time ranging from Ancient Greece to the present-day interview of a CERN physicist on particles. Reading this book will enable you to join the cohort of people who are fascinated by the world in which we are immersed, whether visible or invisible, from the remote nebulas to the quarks of the atomic nucleus.
‘…Thanks to well chosen subjects on the progress of the history of the matter, and singling out a few great scientists who played a leading role in it, this book illustrates the scientific approach and how it has progressively broadened our understanding of the world.
…The great scientific rigour of the author is fore grounded by an elegant and fluent style making Tracking Elementary Particles a pleasant introduction to the fascinating world of Science.’
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