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Higgs Force by Nicholas Mee is the definitive account of the science leading up to the discovery of the Higgs particle and the researchers involved in this quest. This discovery, by what is arguably the world's biggest and most expensive experiment - the Large Hadron Collider - represents the most important scientific breakthrough for 50 years. Higgs Force is a popular science book that is written in an accessible and engaging style with clear explanations for the general reader. The book is filled with stories about the eccentric characters that litter the history of science. These include a chemist who was addicted to the pleasures of laughing gas; the inventor of the kaleidoscope, whose business sense didn't match his scientific acumen; the weird looming apparition of the Brocken spectre - a ghostly giant who offered vital inspiration to a leading researcher; a physicist who compared his power to transmute the elements to the fabled alchemist Hermes Trismegistus and an astronomer who was captivated by the beauty of a falling snowflake. More information about Higgs Force is available on the following website: www.higgsforce.co.uk.

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A delightfully readable and accessible account of the search for the force which ensures that there is something rather than nothing in the Universe. - John Gribbin, astrophysicist and science author ... good reading for anyone interested in what today's physicists are excited about. - The CERN Courier Every so often, physics gets sexy. The Big Bang and black holes regularly grab the headlines, and, more recently, something else has become the latest scientific superstar the God Particle. Higgs Force aims to do for the Higgs boson what Stephen Hawking did for the black hole. - Guru Magazine Higgs Force takes a new approach to contemporary physics, and makes notoriously difficult material accessible and approachable, very readable and entertaining. - Tony Mann, President of the British Society for the History of Mathematics Want to know the secret of everything ever? Then look no further than Higgs Force, the book that seeks to explain how modern physicists understand the universe by exposing the complex secrets of matter. - Starburst Magazine A lucid explanation concerning the symmetry breaking force that makes the world an interesting place accompanied by excellent notes and a useful bibliography. - The Book Bag Higgs Force takes some pretty high-end physical concepts and research and presents them in a format that pretty much anybody can start to get their head around, as long as they re armed with a general interest in the subject matter. - Blogstronomy Bloody brilliant! I love the stories and the characters. It is the most wonderful ongoing detective story. - Terence Woodgate, Royal Designer for Industry

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Nicholas Mee received his PhD in theoretical particle physics from the University of Cambridge. He is the Director of software company Virtual Image and the author of many maths and science multimedia CD-ROMs. He is a Fellow the Royal Astronomical Society. Originally from Manchester, he currently lives in London.

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