Pop-up particle physics

What's new in physics — By on September 10, 2009 at 2:15 pm

Particle physics can be difficult to get to grips with. And perhaps this is what CERN science writer (and ex-IOP employee) Emma Sanders had in mind as she worked on a pop-up book about CERN’s ATLAS experiment.

‘We wanted to give an idea of the scale of the experiments here and the major discoveries we are hoping to make, in a way that is both fun and accessible,’ she says.

Designed with the help of paper engineer Anton Radevsky, the end result is Voyage to the Heart of Matter, released in the UK in November to
coincide with the LHC’s much anticipated return to form.

The book’s 3D elements include a rendition of the Big Bang and a replica of the ATLAS detector that readers can piece together themselves.

“The physics going on at CERN is quite mind-blowing and turning it into a pop-up book has been great fun,” comments Emma.

Voyage to the Heart of Matter is available to pre-order now from Amazon

You can also follow the book’s progress on facebook

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  3. Lucy Haye says:
    July 8, 2011 at 4:59 pm

    Dear Sir/Madam:

    If the Book “include a rendition of the Big Bang….” Is only telling the classic TALE for children, since the Big Bang is only another invention without any Scientific basis;

    See, pleas: http://autodynamicslborg.blogspot.com/2011/05/big-bang-fantasia-of-20-century_8153.html

    Some times the CERN’s Physics include fantasies and inventions like the Higgs’ Particle, Dark Matter and Energy, another fantasies to support the Wrong Einstein’s FANTASIA.

    See, please the Google Blog in the above URL.

    Lucy Haye PH. D.
    SAA’s representative.
    Non-Profit Scientific Organization

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