Higgs Discovery

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<p>On July 4th, 2012, one of physics' most exhilarating results was announced: a new particle and very likely a new kind of particle had been discovered at the Large Hadron Collider, the huge particle accelerator designed to reproduce energies present in the universe a fraction of a second after the Big Bang. The particle's existence had been speculated on for nearly fifty years: here, finally, was proof.</p><p>Professor Lisa Randall of Harvard University is one of the world's most influential theoretical physicists, and author of the bestselling<i>Knocking on Heaven's Door</i>and<i>Warped Passages.</i>In<i>Higgs Discovery</i>she deftly explains both this epochal discovery and it's startlingly beautiful implications.</p>

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<p>Lisa Randall is Professor of Phsyics at Harvard University. She is one of today's most influential and most cited cited theoretical physicists, and has received numerous awards and honours.</p><p>Randall is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Physical Society,and is the recipient of several honorary degrees.</p><p>When not solving the problems of the universe, she can be found rock climbing, skiing, or contributing to artscience connections.</p>

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