grand unified theories (nuclear physics)

This book simplifies the difficult concept of the Higgs mechanism through analogies to everyday experiences as well as pictures, diagrams, and intuitive explanations.

History of the search for a the grand unified field theory beginning with the discovery of the electron in 1897 to the theories of superstrings and supersymmetry a century later.

Discusses our current knowledge of particle physics and the search for the ultimate particle of which everything is made, possibly superstrings.

Traces scientists' quest to find the elusive unified "Theory of Everything" from ancient Greece to the breakthroughs of Newton, Maxwell, and Einstein, to the excitement over string theory and today's efforts to merge quantum theory with general relativity.