Infinity Puzzle Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe

Frank Close traces the developments in field theory that led finally to the historical fundament for the electroweak theory and its symmetry breaking mechanism, with the prediction for a massive boson. The discovery of this famous Higgs particle was now announced almost 50 years later last summer by the LHC experiments ATLAS and CMS. It is a great source of information for particle physicists. The book is written in an understandable way also for non-experts, I recommend it for everybody strongly motivated to learn more about the history behind the theory leading to the Higgs boson. But be prepared to a quite detailed and long account of it.