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`this is an insider's view of a story that changed our understanding of the nature of reality.' Guardian `Review from previous edition fascinating book' Nature `thoroughly researched and well-crafted narrative' New Scientist `masterpiece...I never normally give 5 stars but for this I make an exception.' John Gribbin, BBC Focus `If [the Higgs Boson] does turn up, some people in Stockholm will likely be among the book's most avid readers ... Close is especially diligent in investigating the priority of ideas and in crediting researchers who may have been left behind, either by the Nobel committee or by popular imagination ... The result is a much more nuanced picture of history.' Physics World

this is an insider's view of a story that changed our understanding of the nature of reality. Guardian Review from previous edition fascinating book Nature thoroughly researched and well-crafted narrative New Scientist masterpiece...I never normally give 5 stars but for this I make an exception. John Gribbin, BBC Focus If [the Higgs Boson] does turn up, some people in Stockholm will likely be among the book's most avid readers ... Close is especially diligent in investigating the priority of ideas and in crediting researchers who may have been left behind, either by the Nobel committee or by popular imagination ... The result is a much more nuanced picture of history. Physics World

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Frank Close is Professor of Theoretical Physics at Oxford University and former head of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. During his career he has worked closely with CERN, home of the LHC. He is a well-established science writer, and his recent short books for The Void and Antimatter - have been highly successful. In 2013 Professor Close was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for communicating science.

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