From the Great Wall to the Great Collider : China and the quest to uncover the inner workings of the universe /

"The 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson was a sensational triumph--the culmination of a 48-year-long search that put the finishing touches on the so-called "Standard Model" of particle physics. While the celebrations were still underway, researchers in China were making plans to contin...

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Main Authors: Nadis, Steven J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Yau, Shing-Tung, 1949- (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : International Press of Boston, 2015
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505 0 |a The next Great Wall -- A clarion call -- Smashing atoms -- Chasing the Higgs -- Beyond the standard model -- China on center stage -- An accelerator for-and of-the world -- The most amazing spinoff of all -- Epilogue: what lies beneath 
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