The Infinity Puzzle

• Tells the story of the three physicists whose work laid the foundations for the development of the Large Hadron Collider
• Features lively descriptions of their stories and breakthroughs
• Draws out the exciting scientific developments of the last forty years

Readership: Readers of popular science and general readers interested in the science of particle physics.

Frank Close, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, and Fellow in Physics, Exeter College, Oxford

Frank Close is Professor of Theoretical Physics at Oxford University and has just retired from his position as head of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. During his career he has worked closely with CERN, home of the LHC. He is a well-established science writer, and his recent short books for OUP The Void and Antimatter - have been very successful.

"fascinating book" - Nature

"thoroughly researched and well-crafted narrative" - New Scientist

"masterpiece...I never normally give 5 stars but for this I make an exception." - John Gribbin, BBC Focus

ACT I: GENESIS
1: The ultraviolet catastrophe
2: One in a million
3: The smile of the Cheshire Cat
ACT II:THE ACT(OR)S
4: The infinity puzzle
5: Broken symmetries
6: Missed opportunities
7: Peter Higgs
8: Enter Gerard 't Hooft
ACT III: REVELATIONS
9: BJ and the cosmic quarks
10: Quantum chromodynamics
11: Heavy light
12: The big machine
13: To infinity and beyond