{"id":12358,"date":"2015-02-09T08:46:07","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T16:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/?p=12358"},"modified":"2015-03-11T18:12:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T01:12:39","slug":"new-course-the-higgs-boson-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/09\/new-course-the-higgs-boson-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"New Course: The Higgs Boson and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy to announce that I have a new course out with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegreatcourses.com\/\">The Great Courses<\/a> (produced by The Teaching Company). This one is called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegreatcourses.com\/courses\/the-higgs-boson-and-beyond.html\">The Higgs Boson and Beyond<\/a>, and consists of twelve half-hour lectures. I previously have done two other courses for them: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegreatcourses.com\/courses\/dark-matter-dark-energy-the-dark-side-of-the-universe.html\">Dark Matter and Dark Energy<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegreatcourses.com\/courses\/mysteries-of-modern-physics-time.html?cid=1257\">Mysteries of Modern Physics: Time<\/a>. Both of those were 24 lectures each, so this time we&#8217;re getting to the good stuff more quickly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_0lowYf-dM5A\"><div id=\"lyte_0lowYf-dM5A\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/0lowYf-dM5A\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0lowYf-dM5A\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/0lowYf-dM5A\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>The inspiration for the course was, naturally, the 2012 discovery of the Higgs, and you&#8217;ll be unsurprised to learn that there is some overlap with my book <a href=\"http:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/particle\/\"><em>The Particle at the End of the Universe<\/em><\/a>. It&#8217;s certainly not just me reading the book, though; the lecture format is very different than the written word, and I&#8217;ve adjusted the topics and order appropriately. Here&#8217;s the lineup:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegreatcourses.com\/courses\/the-higgs-boson-and-beyond.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1205-packaging_flat.1423223209.jpg\" alt=\"1205---packaging_flat.1423223209\" width=\"280\" height=\"405\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1205-packaging_flat.1423223209.jpg 280w, https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1205-packaging_flat.1423223209-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Importance of the Higgs Boson<\/li>\n<li>Quantum Field Theory<\/li>\n<li>Atoms to Particles<\/li>\n<li>The Power of Symmetry<\/li>\n<li>The Higgs Field<\/li>\n<li>Mass and Energy<\/li>\n<li>Colliding Particles<\/li>\n<li>Particle Accelerators and Detectors<\/li>\n<li>The Large Hadron Collider<\/li>\n<li>Capturing the Higgs Boson<\/li>\n<li>Beyond the Standard Model<\/li>\n<li>Frontiers: Higgs in Space<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because it is a course, the presentation here is in a more strictly logical order than it is in the book, starting from quantum field theory and working our way up. It&#8217;s still aimed at a completely non-expert audience, though a bit of enthusiasm for physics will be helpful for grappling with the more challenging material. And it&#8217;s available in both audio-only or video &#8212; but I have to say they did a really nice job with the graphics this time around, so the video is worth having.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegreatcourses.com\/courses\/the-higgs-boson-and-beyond.html\">on sale<\/a>! Don&#8217;t know how long that will last, but there&#8217;s a big difference between regular prices at The Great Courses and the sale prices. A bargain either way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy to announce that I have a new course out with The Great Courses (produced by The Teaching Company). This one is called The Higgs Boson and Beyond, and consists of twelve half-hour lectures. I previously have done two other courses for them: Dark Matter and Dark Energy, and Mysteries of Modern Physics: Time. 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