{"product_id":"the-particle-zoo-gavin-hesketh-9781784298708","title":"The Particle Zoo: The Search for the Fundamental Nature of Reality","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is everything really made of? If we split matter down into smaller and infinitesimally smaller pieces, where do we arrive? At the Particle Zoo - the extraordinary subatomic world of antimatter, ghostly neutrinos, strange-flavoured quarks and time-travelling electrons, gravitons and glueballs, mindboggling eleven-dimensional strings and the elusive Higgs boson itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBe guided around this strangest of zoos by Gavin Hesketh, experimental particle physicist at humanity's greatest experiment, the Large Hadron Collider. Concisely and with a rare clarity, he demystifies how we are uncovering the inner workings of the universe and heading towards the next scientific revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy are atoms so small? How did the Higgs boson save the universe? And is there a Theory of Everything? The \u003ci\u003eParticle Zoo\u003c\/i\u003e answers these and many other profound questions, and explains the big ideas of Quantum Physics, String Theory, The Big Bang and Dark Matter... and, ultimately, what we know about the true, fundamental nature of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gavin Hesketh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1784298700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784298708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quercus Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Gavin Hesketh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159442092287,"sku":"9781784298708","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61fcaa90-b343-421f-b64c-618b6f1187d2.jpg?v=1689082629","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-particle-zoo-gavin-hesketh-9781784298708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}