Gaining notoriety as the science behind the controversial experiments of
the Large Hadron Collider, particle physics explores our most
fundamental and mind-blowing problems: How did the Universe start? What
are we made of? How small is the smallest thing? Without presuming any
prior scientific knowledge, Brian R. Martin takes readers on a
wide-ranging tour of the field, from its beginnings in nuclear physics
to the discovery of quarks to present-day research into string theory,
the mystery of antimatter, and the search for the elusive God particle.