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The biggest science story of our time, Massive spans four decades, weaving together the personal narratives and international rivalries behind the search for the "God" particle, or Higgs boson. A story of grand ambition, intense competition, clashing egos, and occasionally spectacular failures, Massive is the first book that reveals the science, culture, and politics behind the biggest unanswered question in modern physics--what gives things mass?

Drawing upon his unprecedented access to Peter Higgs, after whom the particle is named, award-winning science writer Ian Sample chronicles the multinational and multibillion-dollar quest to solve the mystery of mass. For scientists, to find the God particle is to finally understand the origin of mass, and until now, the story of their search has never been told.

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  • Title Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science
  • Author Ian Sample
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 260
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books (AZ), New York
  • Date 2010-11
  • ISBN 9780465019472 / 0465019471
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.2 in (23.62 x 15.49 x 3.05 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010023132
  • Dewey Decimal Code 539.721

About the author

Ian Sample is a science correspondent at The Guardian, and before that at New Scientist. He holds a PhD in biomedical science and was named investigative journalist of the year in 2005 by the Association of British Science Writers. He lives in London.
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