Manchester Science Festival 2011
22 - 30 October 2011

Quantum field theory and the hunt for an orderly universe

Space

Forty or so years ago, three physicists - Peter Higgs, Gerard 't Hooft, and James Bjorken - made the spectacular breakthroughs that led to the world's largest experiment, the CERN Large Hadron Collider.

Played out against a backdrop of high politics, low behaviour, and billion dollar budgets, Frank Close tells the story of their work and its implications!

  • Blackwells
  • Oxford University Press

Dates

Sat 22 Oct 2011 3.30pm - 4.30pm

Venue

Blackwell's Bookshop

The Precinct Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9RN

Price

Free. No need to book

Suitable for

Adults and teenagers

Event category

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