MASSIVE: THE HUNT FOR THE GOD PARTICLE
Book ID/图书代码： 11320009B31259
English Summary/英文概要： A book that does for physics what Moondust did for lunar travel, mixing cultural history, biography and reportage, but underpinned with science.
Over the centuries scientists have refined their understanding of exactly what makes up the universe. Since the 1960s the existence of different particles, each now thought to be fundamental, has been postulated and observed. So far physicists have seen 16 of them. The problem is that none of these particles confers mass on the others – yet we know from nature that something must do this.
The likeliest explanation is that there is a 17th fundamental particle that has not yet been seen. According to this theory, an invisible field fills the whole of space. When different particles interact with this field, they gain mass, much as anything moving through treacle gets slowed down by it. The larger the interaction, the more mass the particle would have. The proposal was first made in the 1960s by Peter Higgs of the University of Edinburgh. The Higgs field cannot be observed directly, yet, as with other fields, there should be a particle associated with it that can be detected. In this case, it is a particle called the ’Higgs boson’ – commonly called the ’God particle’. Unfortunately no one has ever seen one.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 自然界中有“第十七個粒子”的存在！！！ 從GUARDIAN 、New York Journal of Books、Publishers Weekly、Wall Street Journal等將近二十家的國際主流知名雜誌的高度評價中，本書的卓著成績可見一斑！
包攬多項新聞業重要大獎，兩度獲得英國科研作家協會獎項的《衛報》資深科學記者IAN SAMPLE
帶你走進神秘的“第十七個粒子”
幾個世紀以前科學家們就一直在探索究竟是什麼構成了宇宙。20世紀60年代以來，觀察到粒子是構成宇宙的最基礎元素。到現在為止物理學家已經觀察到16個不同的粒子，但問題是這16個粒子沒有一個會與其他的發生積聚現象——但是我們知道自然界中必定有一種我們不知道的東西會出現此現象。
唯一合理的解釋就是可能有第十七個基本粒子的存在，只是尚未被發現。據此理論所稱，所有的空間都被一個看不見的“域”所滿滿填充。當不同的粒子在“域”中相互作用，就會積聚在一起，當有東西從聚在一起的粒子中穿過時，就像從糖漿中穿過一樣，速度會減慢。相互作用越大，積聚的粒子就會越多。此理論由愛丁堡大學的彼得•希格斯於20世紀60年代首次提出。在希格斯領域內未能發現此粒子，但是在其他的“域”中可以觀察到其他粒子與此粒子的“聯繫”。不幸的是至今為止沒有任何人發現這個神秘的第十七個粒子。(Claire)
Awards/获奖情况：’A fast-moving narrative ... a great scientific adventure.’ --Frank Close, Focus Magazine
About the Author/作者介绍： IAN SAMPLE, aged 38, is an award-winning science correspondent at the Guardian newspaper in London. He has won several journalism prizes, including two from the Association of British Science Writers, which named him investigative journalist of the year in 2005. He joined the Guardian in 2003 after four years as a reporter, feature writer and news editor at New Scientist magazine. He has a PhD in biomedical science from Queen Mary, University of London. He was born in Oxfordshire and lives in London. IAN SAMPLE，38歲，英國倫敦《衛報》的資深科學記者。他贏得多項新聞業重要獎項，兩度獲得英國科研作家協會獎項，2005年被此協會評為調查新聞工作者。做過四年的記者，特色作家以及《新科學家》雜誌的編輯之後，他加入到《衛報》。擁有倫敦瑪麗皇后學院生物科學博士學位。出生在牛津郡，成長與倫敦。
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