The Large Hadron Collider: The Extraordinary Story of the Higgs Boson and Other Stuff That Will Blow Your Mind

This book was interesting but did not blow my mind. Here's what would have blown my mind. "The Universe started out as energy. Yet today most of it is matter. We all know that matter and energy are interchangeable. We even know how they equate: the change in energy equals the change in mass times the speed of light squared (E = mC2). We are also pretty good at changing matter to energy, in nuclear power plants and hydrogen bombs. What we don’t know how to do is change energy to matter. And that must happen a lot, or the universe would be mostly energy and I wouldn’t be here to write this book. So how does that happen? It turns out that it requires a field that affects energy particles and gives them mass. This is the story of why we need that field and how the CERN Large Hadron Collider proved that it exists.” Don Lincoln is very good at explaining complex particle physics in layman’s terms. He is not very good at translating the mysteries that excite a particle physicist into adventures that excite a layman. If you are interested in CERN, the LHC, and the Higgs Boson, by all means read this book. If you want to have your mind blown by cosmic mysteries, stick with Steven Hawking.

Great overview of the LHC. Does a review of all of the particles. I have been following all of the particle stuff for years through Scientific American and thought I knew more, the book reminded me I don't. You can probably enjoy the book more if you just read about the particles and not get hung up on remembering all of their properties, which I tried to do, but not being a particle physicist it is tough, so just read about them and continue the books narrative. The descriptions are all very readable for the non-physicist if you don't get hung up on particle specifics. I agree with Larry, the dual mention of every property in English and Metric units is very annoying.

Great insight into the workings of the LHC -- be prepared for extreme detail. Two flaws (in my mind): Each and every measurement of size, distance, etc., is given in both English and metric units; very distracting. Too many awkward comparisons in an attempt to clarify concepts. He should realize that anyone reading the book can grasp the ideas without comparisons to too simple things.

Lincoln's book is extremely well done and extends the work he did on his first book , The Quantum Frontier.The LHC's finding of the Higgs Field & Boson and Lincoln's descriptive review is outstanding.Almost as good as being there - ALMOSTJJ

This book offers much more than just a bunch of information about the LHC. For non-physicists (like me), the book brings a wealth of basic scientific education on subparticles and other technical information that are essential for a correct understanding of what then LHC was built for and what its current experiments are doing. I recommend it highly.

Great book lots of good information if you're interested in CERN and the finding of the Higgs Boson. Don goes into a lot of detail explaining much of basic subatomic physics as he gets the point of the reason for the LHC.

It was mostly interesting but sometimes it was a bit boring to read and un-engaging.

The history of LHC and its experiments, the hunting for the Higgs and a travel for the inner of matter in a breathtaking and straightforward narrative. Indispensable for scientists!

Un libro muy bien escrito. Pensado para el hombre de la calle. El autor se explica muy bien con numerosas analogías para hacerse entender, y expone las limitaciones que tiene el hecho de usar analogías en el mundo de la física de partículas. Hay una parte sobre la física de partículas, donde se narra la historia del descubrimiento del boson de Higgs, y otra sobre el funcionamiento del colisionador y de los sensores que lo integran. Esta última parte es la he encontrado muy interesante porque no se suele encontrar en libros dirigidos para la gente corriente.La lectura es rápida y cuesta dejar de leer, puede ser que algún pasaje haya que releerlo, pero son pocos.El autor es uno de los investigadores del LHC, y cuenta la historia de alguien que la está viviendo desde dentro.Es un buen divulgador.En una entrevista el pasado mes de abril el autor comentaba qué le gustaría tener este libro traducido al castellano. Como aún no está no queda más remedio que leerlo en inglés.Muy recomendable si te gustan este tipo de temas.

Great book from a great scientist. Definitely recommended

Brilliant