Title: The particle hunters
First published: 1996
Description: This is one of the best books about nuclear and particle physics, by one of the scientists who helped develop these interesting, complex, and competitive fields of study.  In it, he describes intimate details re the theory of "quarks" --- as well as (in the second edition) details regarding the search for the Higgs boson, which was still undiscovered when the second edition was published, and the then-recent discovery of the "top quark".  Written for non-scientists as well as scientists.
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Popular works, Higgs field, top quark, particle physics;, Nuclear physics, popular works
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: QC778 .N3813 1996