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29
/100
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41/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Frank Close
Publisher:
Basic Books
Date:
June 14, 2022
The first major biography of Peter Higgs, revealing how a short burst of work changed modern physics.
What The Reviewers Say
... although his publisher describes Elusive as 'the first major biography of Peter Higgs,' Close seems less sure of that, describing his book as 'not so much a biography of the man but of the boson named after him'...Close’s description is more accurate. The biographical facts add up to more of a brisk sketch than a richly detailed portrait. This is not to deny that there are moments of sharp and even bitter insight.
Close offers a sympathetic biography of the 'shy, modest' man and famous particle, shedding rather more light on the complexities of the latter..
A fine biography of a vital 20th-century physicist and his work.
