{"product_id":"collision-stories-from-the-science-of-cern-9781912697687","title":"Collision: Stories from the Science of Cern","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFiction Meets Particle Physics at CERN\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA decade after the discovery of the Higgs Boson, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN still leads the world in the search to uncover what the universe is made of, how it was formed, and what fate may lie in store for it. If there is such a thing as a cutting edge, it surely lies 100 metres below the Swiss-French border, at the point the beams collide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs part of a unique collaboration, this book pairs a team of award-winning authors with CERN physicists to explore some of the consequences of what the LHC is learning, through fiction. This anthology bridges the gap between cutting-edge particle physics research and literary storytelling, offering readers both scientific insight and imaginative exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAward-Winning Contributors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAuthors include \u003ci\u003eSherlock\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDr. Who\u003c\/i\u003e writer Steven Moffat, novelist and \u003ci\u003eSmall Axe\u003c\/i\u003e screenwriter Courttia Newland, Dame Margaret Drabble, and SF legends Ian Watson (whose credits include the screenplay for Spielberg's \u003ci\u003eA.I.\u003c\/i\u003e) and Stephen Baxter (winner of the Philip K Dick and John W Campbell Memorial Award). Additional contributors include Lucy Caldwell, Luan Goldie, Lisa Luxx, Desiree Reynolds, and Bidisha Mamata.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCERN Scientists Featured\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing CERN physicists and engineers: Professor Lyn Evans, Professor John Ellis, Dr. Andrea Bersani, Dr. Tessa Charles, Dr. Joey Huston, Dr. Michael Davis, Dr. Carole Weydert, Dr. Joe Haley, Dr. Kristin Lohwasser, Dr. Pete Dong, Dr. Daniel Cervenkov, and Dr. Andrea Giammanco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003ePerfect for Science and Literature Enthusiasts\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection serves as both an educational resource and engaging fiction, making complex particle physics concepts accessible through storytelling. Whether you're a science communicator, physics student, or literary fiction reader fascinated by the intersection of science and imagination, this anthology offers a unique perspective on the world's most advanced scientific research facility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Caldwell\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Belfast in 1981. She is the author of three novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, two collections of short stories (\u003ci\u003eMultitudes\u003c\/i\u003e, 2016, and \u003ci\u003eIntimacies\u003c\/i\u003e, forthcoming in May 2020), and is the editor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eBeing Various: New Irish Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (Faber, 2019). Awards include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the George Devine Award, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Imison Award, the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, the Irish Writers' and Screenwriters' Guild Award, the Commonwealth Writers' Award (Canada \u0026amp; Europe), among others.\u003cb\u003e Steven Moffat\u003c\/b\u003e is a Scottish television writer, television producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his work as showrunner, writer, and executive producer of the science fiction television series \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e and the contemporary crime drama television series \u003ci\u003eSherlock\u003c\/i\u003e, based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's \u003ci\u003eSherlock Holmes\u003c\/i\u003e stories. In 2015, Moffat was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to drama. His plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Unfriend\u003c\/i\u003e (2022). \u003cb\u003eLuan Goldie\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Glasgow but has lived in East London for most of her life. She is a primary school teacher, and formerly a business journalist. She is the winner of the Costa Short Story Award 2017 for her story 'Two Steak Bakes and Two Chelsea Buns.' Her short stories have also been long and short listed by Spread the Word and the Grazia\/Women's Prize First Chapter competition. \u003ci\u003eNightingale Point\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel. \u003cb\u003eLisa Luxx\u003c\/b\u003e is a queer writer, performer, essayist, and activist of British Syrian heritage. \u003cb\u003eIan Watson\u003c\/b\u003e wrote the screen story for Steven Spielberg's film \u003ci\u003eA.I. Artificial Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e--based on 10 months' work with Stanley Kubrick--the popular Inquisition War trilogy and Space Marine for Games Workshop, and has produced a further 25 novels and 10 short story collections of SF, fantasy, and horror, as well as a book of poetry, \u003ci\u003e The Lexicographer's Love Song\u003c\/i\u003e. Most recently he wrote, with Italian surrealist Roberto Quaglia, \u003ci\u003eThe Beloved of My Beloved\u003c\/i\u003e (NewCon Press), a transgressive volume of tales. \u003cb\u003eStephen Baxter's\u003c\/b\u003e science fiction novels have won several awards including the John W Campbell Memorial Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, the Kurd Lasswitz Award and the Seiun Award (all for The Time Ships), as well as the Philip K Dick Award (for \u003ci\u003eThe Time Ships\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVacuum Diagrams\u003c\/i\u003e). He has published over 100 SF short stories, several of which have won prizes, including three Analog Awards, two BSFA awards, and a Sidewise Award. His novel\u003ci\u003e Voyage\u003c\/i\u003e was dramatised by Audio Movies for BBC Radio and broadcast in 1999. \u003cb\u003eDesiree Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e is a broadcaster, creative writing workshop facilitator, DJ, and mentor. She has had several short stories published in various publications, including \u003ci\u003eA Generation Defining Itself, Hair: A Journey into the Afro and Asian Experience, Moss Side Stories, The Suitcase Book of Love Poems \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTangled Roots\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eClosure: Contempory Black Bitish Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Peepal Tree Press, 2015. She is currently working on a collection of short stories.\u003cb\u003e Margaret Drabble\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1939 in Sheffield and educated at Newnham College, Cambridge. She had a very brief career as an actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company, before taking to fiction. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eA Summer Birdcage\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1963, and her nineteenth and most recent, \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Flood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRises\u003c\/i\u003e, in 2016. She also edited two editions of\u003ci\u003e The Oxford Companion to English Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (1985, 2000). She is married to the biographer Michael Holroyd and lives in London and Somerset. \u003cb\u003eBidisha Mamata\u003c\/b\u003e is a broadcaster, journalist, and film-maker. She specialises in human rights, social justice, and the arts and offers political analysis, arts critique, and cultural diplomacy tying these interests together. She writes for the main UK broadsheets and broadcasts for BBC TV and radio, ITN, CNN, ViacomCBS and Sky News. Her fifth book, \u003ci\u003eAsylum and Exile: Hidden Voices of London\u003c\/i\u003e, is based on her out","brand":"Comma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680394187026,"sku":"9781912697687","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_15f4daeb-7520-48f3-aeb6-e1f6d1a57fb9.jpg?v=1734906145","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/collision-stories-from-the-science-of-cern-9781912697687","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}