The Particle at the End of the Universe : How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World (Hardcover)

from halesso

One of my all time favorites physics books. A beautiful compilation of discovery and explanation. From the Big Bang to the Standard Model interpreted with the new addition of the Higgs Field, this will become a classic in science.

from gopfolk

Well written and easy to read. I'm comfortable with the topical material so it was made easier but I still would say that even with a limited knowledge of particle physics this book can be easily comprehended. It was great to get a complete picture of the history, search and finding of the Higgs ...

from drmt

It was through. I ENJOYED it. It isn't an extremely technical book about hicks boson and particle physics. You need a decent understanding of physics to understand the book.

from DLMorrese

This is a very well-written introduction to particle physics. I may have even understood some of it. It centers on the search of the Higgs boson (or at least a Higgs boson), which is a story of discovery in itself, but it also covers the entire particle zoo of the Standard Model. It's quite thoug...

from kaulsu

I truly enjoyed listening to this book, though I readily admit I retained probably only 10%. This is my lack of science, nothing to be reflected onto the author! I wanted to "read" it mainly because my son is a physicist-in-training. Muons, gluons, smuons, muoninos....wow. Truly, there are more t...