Michael Riordan: 3 books

This is the absorbing account of one of the twentieth century’s most revolutionary discoveries — our first encounter with an essential mystery of the universe. Told by an active participant in this discovery, it is the saga of the search for quarks, the elementary particles lurking within the...

This new ebook about the history of North Yorkshire's County Town tells the story from its beginnings to the year 2002. With 139 illustrations and maps, and a complete bibliography, the book is perfect for the curious or those wanting to study the town's history in depth. Michael Riordan has several publications about Northallerton's history and is the Town Council's official historian.

Starting in the 1950s, US physicists dominated the search for elementary particles; aided by the association of this research with national security, they held this position for decades. In an effort to maintain their hegemony and track down the elusive Higgs boson, they convinced President Reagan...