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Cracking the Particle Code of the Universe (Hardcover, New)
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Cracking the Particle Code of the Universe (Hardcover, New)
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If the new boson is indeed the Higgs particle, its discovery
represents an important milestone in the history of particle
physics. However, despite the pressure to award Nobel Prizes to
physicists associated with the Higgs boson, John Moffat argues that
there still remain important data analyses to be performed before
uncorking the champagne. John Moffat is Professor Emeritus of
Physics at the University of Toronto and a senior researcher at the
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Well-known for his
outside-the-box research on topics such as dark matter, dark
energy, and the varying speed of light cosmology (VSL), his new
book takes a critical look at the hype surrounding the Higgs boson.
In the process, he presents a cogent and often entertaining history
of particle physics and an exploration of alternative theories of
particle physics that do not feature the Higgs boson, including his
own. He gives a detailed and personal description of how
theoretical physicists come up with new theories, and emphasizes
how carefully experimental physicists must interpret the complex
data now coming out of accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider
(LHC). The book does not shy away from controversial topics such as
the sociology of particle physics. There is immense pressure on
projects like the $9 billion LHC to come up with positive results
in order to secure funding for the future. Yet to date, the Higgs
boson may be the only positive result to emerge from the LHC
experiments. The searches for dark matter particles, mini-black
holes, extra dimensions, and supersymmetric particles have all come
up empty-handed, with serious consequences for theoretical physics,
including string theory and gravity theory. John Moffat is also the
author of Reinventing Gravity (2008) and Einstein Wrote Back
(2010).
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