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"This book is written by the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), to document and reflect on its more than 25 years of history. It covers all aspects of this global science project at the forefront of particle physics. The historical part recalls first the early stages of discussions in the community leading to the formation of the collaboration in 1992. In a unique approach, the second part documents the evolution from early detector concepts to the final instrument, covering the technical, financial and human aspects. This includes the phases of construction of detector components in the various institutes around the world as well as their installation and commissioning in the underground cavern at CERN. An important part is devoted to the operation of the whole experiment. The book highlights the capabilities and physics accomplishments so far, including the Higgs boson discovery (jointly announced with CMS). It features the various aspects of a broad spectrum of activities needed to arrive at the physics results. The book includes also an outlook to the detector upgrade activities preparing the experiment for the high-luminosity LHC phase of the next decades. Last but not least, it reveals the human aspects of the large ATLAS community working together pursuing common physics goals. The book is aimed at a broad readership with interest in large science projects and their history, as well as in the human endeavour of a worldwide collaboration."--

Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland) --- History --- ATLAS Collaboration --- History. --- Large Hadron Collider --- Hadron colliders --- Supercolliders --- ATLAS --- CERN --- Scientific Collaboration --- LHC --- Higgs Boson --- Detector Technologies --- Particle Physics --- Accelerator

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One of the world's most captivating scientists challenges us to think about nature's foundations and the entanglement of science and society. Steven Weinberg, author of The First Three Minutes, offers his views on fascinating aspects of physics and the universe, but does not seclude science behind disciplinary walls, or shy away from politics.

Science. --- accelerator. --- big bang. --- cosmic microwave background. --- dark matter. --- elementary particle. --- expansion. --- fundamental interaction. --- higgs boson. --- hubble. --- large hadron collider. --- multiverse. --- neutrino. --- neutron. --- origins. --- quark. --- radiation. --- science writing. --- space exploration. --- standard model. --- symmetry. --- theory relativity.

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Physical scientists are problem solvers. They are comfortable "doing" science: they find problems, solve them, and explain their solutions. Roger Newton believes that his fellow physicists might be too comfortable with their roles as solvers of problems. He argues that physicists should spend more time thinking about physics. If they did, he believes, they would become even more skilled at solving problems and "doing" science. As Newton points out in this thought-provoking book, problem solving is always influenced by the theoretical assumptions of the problem solver. Too often, though, he believes, physicists haven't subjected their assumptions to thorough scrutiny. Newton's goal is to provide a framework within which the fundamental theories of modern physics can be explored, interpreted, and understood. "Surely physics is more than a collection of experimental results, assembled to satisfy the curiosity of appreciative experts," Newton writes. Physics, according to Newton, has moved beyond the describing and naming of curious phenomena, which is the goal of some other branches of science. Physicists have spent a great part of the twentieth century searching for explanations of experimental findings. Newton agrees that experimental facts are vital to the study of physics, but only because they lead to the development of a theory that can explain them. Facts, he argues, should undergird theory. Newton's explanatory sweep is both broad and deep. He covers such topics as quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, field theory, thermodynamics, the role of mathematics in physics, and the concepts of probability and causality. For Newton the fundamental entity in quantum theory is the field, from which physicists can explain the particle-like and wave-like properties that are observed in experiments. He grounds his explanations in the quantum field. Although this is not designed as a stand-alone textbook, it is essential reading for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, professors, and researchers. This is a clear, concise, up-to-date book about the concepts and theories that underlie the study of contemporary physics. Readers will find that they will become better-informed physicists and, therefore, better thinkers and problem solvers too.

Physics --- Philosophy. --- Bayesian probabilities. --- Bell experiments. --- Copenhagen interpretation. --- Dirac equation. --- EPR experiment. --- Gamma-space. --- Higgs boson. --- KdV equation. --- Kuhn, Thomas. --- Lorentz transformation. --- Newtonian laws. --- absorber theory. --- accidental degeneracy. --- action at a distance. --- active tranformation. --- angular momentum. --- anthropic principle. --- associated production. --- axial vector. --- beta decay. --- butterfly effect. --- causality. --- coarse graining. --- configuration space. --- conventionalist stratagem. --- cosmological constant. --- density operator. --- deterministic chaos. --- electromagnetic radiation. --- exponential decay law. --- ferromagnetism. --- fluid dynamics. --- gauge invariance. --- gravitational constant. --- group representations. --- harmonic oscillator. --- idealism. --- infrared divergencies. --- integral equations. --- intrinsic parity. --- lattice field theory. --- laws of motion. --- local theories. --- macrostate. --- microstates. --- nuclear physics. --- paradigm shift. --- paradigm. --- perturbation theory. --- predissociation. --- probability. --- propensity. --- pseudo-scalar.