Higgs boson. From a scientific idea to a particle of God "

Jim Baggott, a scientist, a writer, a popularizer of science, in his book examines in detail the process of predicting and opening a new particle - boson of Higgs, simultaneously lumber such issues of fundamental physics as the structure of matter, the origin of mass and energy. The author explains that the importance of opening a particle is also stuck in the fact that it proves the existence of the Higgs field, thanks to which the massless particles acquire a mass, which is a necessary condition for the emergence of matter. From the book you will learn about the development of physical theories, starting with the ancient concept of atom, and the technological progress that allowed them to be implemented, as well as the history of the detection of elementary particles