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Trick or Truth? The Mysterious Connection Between Physics and Mathematics By Anthony Aguirre, Brendan Foster, Zeeya Merali (eds) Springer One of the most intriguing works in the philosophy of science ...
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The founding of Fermilab
In 1960, two high-energy physics laboratories were competing for scientific discoveries. The first was Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island in New York, US, with its 33 GeV Alternating Grad...
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A selection of Fermilab’s greatest hits
Timeline showing Fermilab’s major experimental achievements
Read article 'Revisiting the b revolution'
Revisiting the b revolution
Scientists summoned from all parts of Fermilab had gathered in the auditorium on the afternoon of 30 June 1977. Murmurs of speculation ran through the crowd about the reason for the hastily scheduled ...
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Making Sense of Quantum Mechanics By Jean Bricmont Springer In this book, Jean Bricmont aims to challenge Richard Feynman’s famous statement that “nobody understands quantum mechanics” and discu...
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Challenges and Goals for Accelerators in the XXI Century By Oliver Brüning and Stephen Myers (eds) World Scientific Also available at the CERN bookshop This mighty 840 page book covers an impressive ...
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A 30-year adventure with heavy ions
Heavy-ion and proton–proton collisions at ultrarelativistic energies provide a unique system with which to investigate the dynamics of matter in the early universe. By generating an incredibly hot a...
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Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World By Amir Alexander One World Lying midway between the history and the philosophy of science, this book illuminates a fascinati...
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Modern Atomic Physics By Vasant Natarajan CRC Press This book collates information from various literature to provide students with a unified guide to contemporary developments in atomic physics. In j...
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General relativity at 100
Testing Einstein’s masterpiece with ever increasing precision.
