The quantum frontier : the large hadron collider /

The Quantum Frontier provides an overview of the motivation for and the technology behind the currently largest (and most expensive) international project in elementary particle physics. The book is divided into five easily accessible chapters, which deal with the basic questions "What We Know," "What We Guess," "How We Do It," "How We See It," and "Where We're Going." Lincoln (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) uses a relaxed style to lead (and draw) the reader slowly into the complex subject matter. The text is supported by many helpful tables and figures that summarize and/or explain their topics well. This book would be most useful for readers who have had some introductory physics education. As the author treats the topics in a descriptive, nonmathematical fashion, a noncalculus survey background (i.e., college physics) would be sufficient to understand the text. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals; two-year technical program students. U. Greife Colorado School of Mines