‘Excellent... reminiscent of Richard Feynman's QED, Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene or Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time.... This book is so hard to put down. That's testament to Carroll, a practising scientist, also being a gifted writer.’ - Michael Brooks, New Scientist, named one of the best science books of 2012
‘Vivid... Carroll is particularly skilled at tackling the complexities of particle physics in a readable yet reasonably uncompromising way... thanks to Carroll, and other popularisers of particle physics, we can all grasp enough to wonder at what the world's most powerful atom smasher achieved and anticipate what's still to come.’ - Clive Cookson, Financial Times
‘Carroll's book is a very good - and very accessible - guide to all the theoretical physics, precision engineering, data handling, probability-measuring and other marvels involved in an adventure that in all has cost Europe's taxpayers $9 billion’ - Tim Radford, The Guardian, named one of the best science books of 2012
‘Searching for the Higgs particle has been likened to looking for a bit of hay in a haystack. If all the data generated by the LHC were stored on CDs, it would fill more than a million discs every second. To overcome this problem detectors are designed to select data passed on for storage. The system that performs the selection process is called the trigger. It is the role Carroll plays in this compelling addition to the ever-growing list of books on the physics of which the Higgs is such a crucial component.’
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Manjit Kumar,
The Independent ‘If you want to know why the Higgs boson has excited so much interest, this book is an excellent place to start.’ Times Higher Education
‘Delightful... for anyone excited by the particle at the end of the Universe, start here.’ - Frank Close, BBC Focus
‘Excellent... Carroll has an unintimidating style, and as befits a first-rate particle cosmologist, he presents the real information with little blurring... Carroll is an eloquent and able guide.’ - Nature
‘An authoritative account of science's discovery of the year: the Higgs boson. Carroll, a cosmologist, writes with remarkable clarity about the formidable complexities of particle physics and is just as good on the human side of “big science” ’ - Financial Times, named one of the best science books of 2012
‘ The Particle at the End of the Universe is a scientific detective story, the saga of the search for the Higgs... Carroll gives a lot of context: facts and figures, yes, but also passion, characters, history.’ --Los Angeles Times
‘In this superb book, Sean Carroll provides a fascinating and lucid look at the most mysterious and important particle in nature, and the experiment that revealed it. Anyone with an interest in physics should read this, and join him in examining the new worlds of physics to which this discovery may lead.’ - Leonard Mlodinow, author of the international bestseller The Drunkard's Walk
‘Carroll tells the story of the particle that everyone has heard of but few of us actually understand. After you read this book - an enticing cocktail of personal anecdote, clever analogy, and a small dose of mind-bending theory - you will truly grasp why the Higgs boson has been sought after for so long by so many. Carroll is a believer in big science asking big questions and his beliefs are infectious and inspiring.’ - Morgan Freeman, actor and executive producer of Through the Wormhole
‘The science --Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate in Physics
‘If you want to know why the Higgs boson has excited so much interest, this book is an excellent place to start.’ Times Higher Education
‘Delightful... for anyone excited by the particle at the end of the Universe, start here.’ - Frank Close, BBC Focus
‘Excellent... Carroll has an unintimidating style, and as befits a first-rate particle cosmologist, he presents the real information with little blurring... Carroll is an eloquent and able guide.’ - Nature
‘An authoritative account of science's discovery of the year: the Higgs boson. Carroll, a cosmologist, writes with remarkable clarity about the formidable complexities of particle physics and is just as good on the human side of “big science” ’ - Financial Times, named one of the best science books of 2012
‘ The Particle at the End of the Universe is a scientific detective story, the saga of the search for the Higgs... Carroll gives a lot of context: facts and figures, yes, but also passion, characters, history.’ --Los Angeles Times
‘In this superb book, Sean Carroll provides a fascinating and lucid look at the most mysterious and important particle in nature, and the experiment that revealed it. Anyone with an interest in physics should read this, and join him in examining the new worlds of physics to which this discovery may lead.’ - Leonard Mlodinow, author of the international bestseller The Drunkard's Walk
‘Carroll tells the story of the particle that everyone has heard of but few of us actually understand. After you read this book - an enticing cocktail of personal anecdote, clever analogy, and a small dose of mind-bending theory - you will truly grasp why the Higgs boson has been sought after for so long by so many. Carroll is a believer in big science asking big questions and his beliefs are infectious and inspiring.’ - Morgan Freeman, actor and executive producer of Through the Wormhole
‘The science is authoritative, yet bold and lively. The narrative is richly documented, yet full of human drama. Carroll's saga pulls you aboard a modern voyage of discovery.’
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Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate in Physics
