THE HIGGS FAKE: HOW PARTICLE PHYSICISTS FOOLED THE NOBEL COMMITTEE

Book ID/图书代码： 00305014B66985

English Summary/英文概要： Does This Year’s Nobel Prize In Physics Make Einstein Turn In His Grave? The Higgs Fake – How Particle Physicists Fooled the Nobel Committee is a merciless critique of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and of the theoretical model on which the world’s most expensive experiment is based. Unzicker, a German physicist and award-winning science writer, argues that the reaction of the Swedish Academy to last year’s discovery appears to be a result of being beguiled by CERN’s attempts to justify the billions of dollars of public money being spent. The book starts off by claiming that the greatest physicists such as Einstein, Dirac of Schrödinger would have considered the “discovery” of the Higgs particle ridiculous. The reasons, according to the author, are that: “1) the so-called standard model has grown unbelievably complicated, 2) none of the great riddles of physics that have persisted for a century have been solved, 3) history suggests that the current model is a dead end, 4) with their ever-more intricate experimental techniques, particle physicists are fooling themselves with alleged results, 5) scientific convictions in the community are established by blind faith in expert opinions, group-think and parroting, and 6) the data analysis in its complexity cannot be overseen by anybody.” Unzicker gives a historical survey of the field, and concludes that particle physics, as practiced since 1930, is “a futile enterprise in its entirety.” The book is peppered with a series of funny quotes from famous philosophers and scientists. In the last section, “Antidotes,” he specifically attacks “the overstated claims by famous physicists such as Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Michio Kaku, Lisa Randall, Sean Carroll, Brian Cox and Jim Al-Khalili.” At the end, Unzicker lists questions that he would like to be asked to particle physicists at press conferences, hearings and discussions. Unzicker’s books have been praised as “well-grounded, sound, [and] informed,” and as “vehement pleading for physics as a natural science, in its best tradition,” but also dismissed by particle physicists as an “incoherent rant” and “time-wasting nonsense.” The new book, written in an even more explicit and provocative tone, is likely to upset the high energy physics community.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： o 今年的诺贝尔物理学奖得奖成果恐怕会使爱因斯坦在坟墓里都不得安宁。《希格斯粒子假象——粒子物理学家是如何愚弄诺贝尔奖项委员会的》严肃指责了欧洲核子研究委员会的大型强子碰撞型加速装置和建立在世界上最昂贵的实验基础上的理论模型。尤扎克是一位德国物理学家和屡获殊荣的科学作家，他指出瑞典皇家科学院去年公布的重大发现实际上是被欧洲核子研究委员会欺骗了，而委员会的目的则是为了证明几百万美元的公众财产被合理使用了。本书还指出，伟大的物理学家爱因斯坦，薛定谔，狄拉克等都会认为希格斯粒子的发现是很荒唐的。原因如下：“1）所谓的标准模型已经复杂到令人无法相信的地步。2）没有困扰了物理学家们一个世纪的难题是能被解决的。3）历史证明目前的这个模型是个死胡同。4）粒子物理学们企图用更加复杂的实验技术来寻找所谓的结果。5）令市民信服的科学结论是由对专家意见的盲目信任，群组讨论和人云亦云形成的。6）复杂的数据分析结果并未被任何人审视过。”尤扎克出具了此领域的一个历史调查，并总结道，粒子物理学家们自1930年开始进行实验，他们的工作却是完全徒劳的。《希格斯粒子假象》中还摘录了著名哲学家和科学家的一系列趣言。在最后一个名为“解毒剂”的章节中，尤扎克攻击了一些科学家们言过其实的发现，例如罗尔夫•迪特尔•豪雅，加来•道雄，莉萨•兰德尔，肖恩•卡罗尔，布莱恩•考克斯和吉姆•阿尔•哈利利等。在最后，尤扎克列举了在新闻发布会，听证会以及讨论会上，粒子物理学家们可能提出的问题。尤扎克的书常被称赞为“接地气，合理，涵盖面广”，也经常发出强烈的呼吁，物理是一门非常有价值的自然科学，而不是粒子物理学家们口中可有可无，浪费时间的研究。这本新书以更加明确挑衅的语气挑战了高能物理学界。（XAT）

Awards/获奖情况：尤扎克的前一部作品获得了这样的赞誉：

“科学意味着不成为一个弱者，这一点非常值得讨论。”——《出版者周刊》

“这是对当代理论物理学家的广泛抨击。尤扎克把目标锁定了高能物理学的大量研究成果。”——《科克斯评论》

“尤扎克敢于思考主流外的问题，这本书非常新奇，也颇具挑战性。”——汉斯•福尔克教授，海德堡大学

“的确要花些时间来证实这些愚弄大众的科学研究。”——安东尼奥•儒兹•德•埃尔韦拉，阿尔卡拉大学

“尤扎克总是充满热情地探求科学真相，他对欧洲核子研究委员会粒子物理学家们的质疑是正确而合理的。”——彼得•司瑞福教授，慕尼黑大学核物理学家

“《希格斯例子假象》对物理学做出了很大的贡献，他就是敢于指出国王并没有穿新衣的勇士。那些有成就的科学家必然会诅咒与悲叹。”——埃德温•E•克莱曼，作者，前美国国家航空与宇宙航行局研究物理学家

About the Author/作者介绍： 作者亚历山大•尤扎克是德国的一位理论物理学家。他获得了慕尼黑大学物理和法律的双学士学位。尤扎克在慕尼黑是一位数学，物理和天文学老师，他还发表了许多有关爱因斯坦统一理论和光速宇宙论的论文。他目前的研究领域是马赫的重力定律和测验。尤扎克因其科学著作而著名，包括其对刺理论，平行宇宙和宇宙膨胀说等科学理论的严厉质疑，但此书获得了德国领先杂志颁布的”年度最佳科学书籍“。在他的另外一本著作中，尤扎克攻击了所谓的物理标准模型，其太过复杂，根本不可能实现。而在新书《希格斯粒子假象》中，尤扎克更是大胆挑战了当今著名的科学实验和理论模型。尤扎克已婚，并有三个孩子。出了物理外，他的兴趣爱好还有下象棋和赏析古典音乐。尤扎克现居于慕尼黑。更多详情请见：www.alexander-unzicker.com/CV.html

Author Bio Dr. Alexander Unzicker is a German theoretical physicist. He has degrees in both physics and law and a PhD in neuroscience from Munich University (summa cum laude). While working as a high school teacher for math, physics and astronomy in Munich, Unzicker published papers on Einstein’s unified theory and on a cosmology with a variable speed of light. His current field of research is Mach’s principle and tests of gravity. Unzicker became known for his popular science book “Vom Urknall zum Durchknall” published by Springer, a scientific imprint. The harsh critique of sting theory, parallel universes and cosmic inflation scandalized a part of the scientific community, however the book was awarded “Science Book of the Year” by leading science journalists in Germany. In his follow-up books “Auf dem Holzweg durchs Universum” and the English “Bankrupting Physics – How Today’s Scientists are Gambling Away Their Credibility” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) he attacks the so-called standard models of physics, which, according to Unzicker, is too complicated to be credible. With “The Higgs Fake – How Particle Physicists Fooled the Nobel Committee” Unzicker has launched a still harder attack on today’s big science experiments and the theoretical models. Unzicker is married and has three children. Besides physics, his hobbies are chess and classical music. He lives in Munich. More details: www.alexander-unzicker.com/CV.html

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