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Well. Spriteling Send a noteboard - 07/07/2012 06:19:12 PM
I would love it if our resident experts could recommend excellent books that explain particle physics for laymen, rather than ask them to condense their understanding into useless short replies on a message board (which is like saying, "sum up, in ten words or less, the Hundred Years' War" - you can get an answer, but not a good one).


The problem is, I'm not really sure there /is/ a good layman's book. I mean, there is probably one that gives you the basics of what all the particles are and stuff, but things like the Higgs mechanism and whatnot really can't be explained without serious particle physics.

However, if you really are interested, I'll do some looking around to see if I can find a good book. :)
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Who knows about particle physics? - 07/07/2012 08:47:57 AM 2250 Views
Many people; fortunately for you, some frequent this site. - 07/07/2012 10:48:26 AM 974 Views
Thanks Joel :p *NM* - 07/07/2012 04:42:52 PM 529 Views
*is helping* - 07/07/2012 09:22:28 PM 871 Views
Well. It's kind of hard to make it simple. - 07/07/2012 01:38:43 PM 1089 Views
Ah cool... thanks - 07/07/2012 04:41:27 PM 1175 Views
Those ones are a little easier, maybe, to explain - 07/07/2012 06:49:52 PM 1109 Views
Does this help? - 07/07/2012 03:46:15 PM 1061 Views
I would ask a less obnoxious question. - 07/07/2012 03:47:16 PM 917 Views
Well. - 07/07/2012 06:19:12 PM 1101 Views
Re: Well. - 07/07/2012 07:01:46 PM 1083 Views
physics geekasm. *NM* - 08/07/2012 02:33:05 AM 467 Views
I am at CERN right now, actually. - 08/07/2012 07:59:14 PM 1392 Views

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