El bosón de Higgs: Los secretos de la partícula divina

Synopsis of El bosón de Higgs: Los secretos de la partícula divina

«El bosón de Higgs: los secretos de la partícula divina» is the popular science essay by David Blanco Laserna, published by RBA in hardback (166 pages).

It explains why the discovery of the Higgs boson was a milestone for physics: its detection confirmed the standard model and vindicated decades of work with large accelerators such as the LHC. The book addresses the function of this particle, which gives mass to other elementary particles, with illustrations and graphics.

Published in 2015, it belongs to the collection «Un paseo por el Cosmos»; includes an index. ISBN 9788447383030.

Aimed at non-specialist readers who want to understand modern physics and why one of the great discoveries of the 21st century matters.