Books by Hal's Parents

Books by Hal's Parents!

New!!! -- Supersymmetry.

Supersymmetry: Unveiling the Ultimate Laws of Nature
(Click to buy on Amazon -- Or you can read the jacket copy at the bottom of this page)

The Particle Garden: Our Universe As Understood by Particle Physicists

Ann Arbor Fresh!: Recipes and Stories from the Ann Arbor Farmers' Market

More incredible books:

Note: You can read the two physics books above regardless of whether you are a physicist or can do math. But for the four books below you have to be a physicist.

Modern Elementary Particle Physics

The Higgs Hunter's Guide

Perspectives on Supersymmetry

Perspectives on Higgs Physics

From the jacket copy of Supersymmetry:

For most of human history, man has been trying to discover just how the universe works. The Standard Model of particle physics, which describes the fundamental constituents and forces of nature, has proved a successful explanation, and recent theories attempting to unify these fundamental forces--such as string theory--have been wonderfully encouraging. Experimental proof, however, has always lagged behind theory.

Now, thanks to powerful new tools at the cutting edge of particle physics, and the dedication of a handful of pioneers at the frontiers of research, we are finally approaching the next great lead in understanding: supersymmetry.

In this groundbreaking work, renowned physicist Gordon Kane takes us inside both the conceptual framework of supersymmetry and the giant particle accelerators--the atom smashers--where this fascinating discovery should occur. After giving us the basics of the Standard Model, Kane explains the theory of supersymmetry, which implies that each of the fundamental particles has a "superpartner" that can be detected at energies and intensities only now being achieved in the giant accelerators.

In clear and simple prose, Kane describes the new generation of experiments that he expects will lead to the discovedry of the superpartners, thereby confirming supersymmetry as the right approach to achieving an accurate model of nature.

If Kane and his colleagues are correct, these superpartners will also help solve many of the most basic problems in modern physics--such as the existence of the Higgs boson--as well as one of the biggest mysteries in cosmology: the notorious "dark matter" of the universe.

This is the epic story of the modern quest to uncover a fully unified theory--something that Einstein attempted in his later years. No one interested in the future of science will want to miss this absorbing narrative of science in the making.