Small, Smaller, Smallest by Yves van Walpen Publisher: Strait Bookstore

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With every discovery of a smaller particle, we get closer to the nature of everything

Written by CERN frontline experts and Higgs boson research team members

Recommended by New Scientist Magazine and the American Library Association

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★Ranked third in the most popular popular science book selected by readers of New Scientist in 2018

★ Books recommended by the editors of the Financial Times in 2018

★ Selected by the American Library Association's Choice as "Outstanding Academic Books of 2020"

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How to trace the origin of matter? In this book, Dutch physicist Yves van Walpen invites us to embark on a journey to a deeper, smaller, and more cutting-edge place: from the conception of atomic structure to the construction of the standard model, to the discovery of the Higgs boson, every time particle physics achieves something, we are one step closer to the ultimate truth of everything. From the burning sun and exploding nuclear bombs to medical scanning imaging and clean energy supply, tiny particles shape the world. In the end, we will approach the "king of machines" - the 27-kilometer-long Large Hadron Collider buried deep underground, witness the miracle of particle collision, imagine new particles and new phenomena that may appear in the future, and think about the future enlightenment that the particle world will bring to mankind.

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★Written by a frontline expert at the European Organization for Nuclear Research and a member of the Higgs boson research team, personally describing the development of particle physics and experimental secrets

As one of the few scientists in the world who can enter the Large Hadron Collider facility, Yves van Walpen is a top expert in particle physics. In this book, he describes in detail the major discoveries in particle physics over the past century, and at the same time leads you into the mysterious "King of Machines" - the Large Hadron Collider, which is buried 100 meters underground and 27 kilometers long, to touch the forefront of particle physics.

★Connect the history of particle physics and explore with Nobel Prize winners

Burning suns, exploding nuclear bombs, medical scanning imaging, clean energy supply... small particles have a huge impact on human history. From the composition of atoms to the construction of elementary particles and the standard model, explore the nature of the world in a deeper and smaller way with Nobel Prize winners such as Einstein, Planck, Feynman, and Higgs.

Every time we discover a smaller particle, we are one step closer to the essence of everything

The discovery of the "God particle" Higgs boson is our closest step towards the ultimate truth of the universe and a huge leap in exploring the end of matter. The author of this book personally participated in the research process and tells us about the tortuous road of discovery. After that, the author will also give his own answer to where the future of particle physics is heading.

★A clever balance between easy-to-read stories and rigorous science, even a "science novice" can understand it

Elementary particles are equivalent to the smallest building blocks in Lego, and scientists searching for new particles are like explorers in the wild. The straightforward language and appropriate analogies of this book allow lay readers to understand the subtleties of particle physics.

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★ Interesting and rigorous, with reliable details and vivid illustrations, Van Walpen takes us on a journey from the physics of everyday life to the core of matter and the edge of knowledge. - Joe Butterworth, author of "How the Higgs Boson was Found", professor of physics at University College London

★ In this fascinating book, Van Walpen takes us on a journey inward, to the smallest building blocks of nature. He shows how these discoveries were made and their profound impact on our lives. -Gregory Goebel, author of Falling Kittens and Fundamental Physics

★ Van Walpen’s passion for fundamental particle physics is palpable, and his narrative style makes it infectious. — Jordi de Vries, Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Amherst

★ Why the discovery of the Higgs particle has become the savior of contemporary physics - this is the core of this book. To explain this problem, it is necessary to make it as simple and easy to understand as possible, and Van Walpen is a skilled interpreter. He always realizes that he must be specific and practical so as not to lose the lay reader in the reading process. - "Dutch People's Daily"

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About the Author
Ivo van Vulpen

Particle physicist at the Netherlands National Institute for Subatomic Physics and physics lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. At the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), he joined the ATLAS experiment as one of the few physicists who could enter the Large Hadron Collider facility and participated in the discovery and research of the "God Particle" - the Higgs boson.