Thoroughly enjoyed this book. It provides terrific insight to the lives and thought processes of leading scientists in the field of particle physics. It's a real page turner that does a great job of communicating what drives these people and the hurdles they come up against. I envy Ian Sample's experiences in meeting and picking the brains of the scientists and admire his perseverance in digging into the detailed and tough topics.
I would agree with other reviewers that it felt thin on science from time to time but maybe that's a good thing. By the end of the book I think that I understand a bit more about the physics discussed but I'm still struggling, and I'm a scientists! Too much detail and I might have turned off.
Overall, very readable and enjoyable.

I was expecting this to be rough and boring but was pleasantly surprised. While there was less scientific explanation and more history which I usually find boring, I still read this book in like 2 ish days and found myself absorbed in it.

You could skip ahead to the last chapter ( which is the best ) Interesting part about the ' polywater ' catastrophe and all that. First place I've seen anyone talk about ' unparticles '

If you have ever wondered about the elusive, yet extremely popular (amongst scientists if no one else) celebrity of a sub-atomic particle, the Higgs Boson, then this is the book to read!
Ian Sample has done a remarkable job at codifying the chronology of this long hunt for the particle that's dubbed, "the God Particle". From the early days when Peter Higgs' work predicted the possibility of the existence of the particle and field, to the race to find it and the current state of the scientific endeavor, this book has it all, inside one cover. A wonderful, scientific page-turner.

I really enjoyed this book and I usually shy away from non-fiction as there's just so much fiction to read. But Sample does a really good job of turning the history and physics of the Higgs Boson into a story, even if it does feel a bit disjointed at times. All the same, fascinating, well written book and a pretty easy read.