《小，更小，最小》如何追寻物质之源？在本书中，荷兰物理学家伊福·范瓦尔彭邀请我们踏上通向更深、更小、更前沿之处的旅程：从原子结构的设想，到标准模型的构建，再到希格斯玻色子的发现，每当粒子物理学有所成就，我们就向万物终极之理更进一步。从燃烧的太阳、爆炸的核弹，到医学扫描成像、清洁能源供应，小小粒子塑造着世界的样貌。最终，我们将走近“机器之王”——深埋地下的全长27千米的大型强子对撞机，见证粒子碰撞瞬间的奇迹，畅想未来可能出现的新粒子和新现象，思考粒子世界带给人类的未来启示。
作者简介
伊福·范瓦尔彭（IvovanVulpen）
荷兰国家亚原子物理研究所的粒子物理学家，阿姆斯特丹大学物理讲师。在欧洲核子研究中心（CERN），他作为少数能进入大型强子对撞机设施的物理学家加入了ATLAS实验，参与了“上帝粒子”——希格斯玻色子的发现和研究。
"Small, Smaller, Smallest" How to find the source of matter? In this book, Dutch physicist Yvo van Walpen invites us on a journey to deeper, smaller, and more cutting-edge places: from the assumption of the structure of the atom, to the construction of the Standard Model, to the discovery of the Higgs boson, each achievement in particle physics brings us closer to the ultimate reason for everything. From the burning sun and exploding nuclear bombs to medical scans and clean energy supplies, tiny particles shape the world. In the end, we will approach the "king of machines" - the Large Hadron Collider with a total length of 27 kilometers deep underground, witness the miracle of particle collisions, imagine new particles and new phenomena that may appear in the future, and think about the future enlightenment of the particle world to mankind.
About the author
IvovanVulpen (IvovanVulpen)
Particle physicist at the Netherlands National Institute for Subatomic Physics and lecturer in physics at the University of Amsterdam. At CERN, he joined the ATLAS experiment as one of the few physicists with access to the Large Hadron Collider facility, and was involved in the discovery and research of the "God particle", the Higgs boson.
