Nov 07 2008
I love science!!!
One thing I am really interested in is cosmology. I am still trying to get through the book, “Parallel Worlds” by Michio Kaku. The book deals with theories of the “Big Bang”, the creation of the universe, age of the universe, black holes and paradoxes and of course parallel worlds. I read up on Michio Kaku all the time because he has some really interesting theories. Even if you are not a science whiz (me, I’m not mathematical at all so it is hard to understand things in physics) the book is still very informative and it has really shed some light for me. I have to put the book down here and there because it is quite intense.
Michio Kaku defends the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) that is being built by CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) which is located in Switzerland. They are building this machine that is underground, which is about 27 KM underground in the suburbs of Switzerland. This machine has caused quite a ruckus, with people thinking it is going to “destroy the world”. In fact, they are going to launch this it at the speed of light so that it smashes into other particles to recreate the Big Bang theory. Most people are freaking out because they are going to be using black holes, but only tiny enough so that they will disappear in an instant. So not to worry folks, we won’t be swallowed by a black hole, so cool your jets! 
What CERN are trying to look for is a missing particle in the Standard Model in particle physics called the Higgs Boson, which is also known as the “god particle” and this very particle could have started the universe. The Higgs Boson will determine what matter’s mass is, because it has never been observed before… that is, if it exists.
The LHC has already attempted to be launched but I believe a couple of the massive magnets broke so they are still working on it.
It will be a while now before it has been launched, so I’m going to keep up to date… the count down is on! http://lhccountdown.info
More on Michio Kaku and cosmology later. 
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