Culture and history Archives – Page 4 of 104

SLAC at 60: past, present, future

Available to watch now, JoAnne Hewett, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, celebrates 60 years of SLAC.

Hymn to HERMES

The former HERMES experiment at DESY, a pioneer in unravelling the mysteries of the proton spin, is the protagonist in a new book by Richard Milner and Erhard Steffens.

Parallels

For the more inquisitive viewer, Parallels offers a chance to explore the often even more incredible ideas explored for real in particle physics.

Introduction to the Standard Model and Beyond

Stuart Raby's book is a useful resource for designing lectures in quantum field theory and physics beyond the Standard Model, writes Martin Bauer.

CERN Courier’s Higgstory

The CERN Courier editors take a tour through the magazine's Higgs archives.

Stepping into the spotlight

In an excerpt from his new book Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass, Frank Close recounts the story of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics.