How to Find a Higgs Boson—and Other Big Mysteries in the World of the Very Small

I really enjoy how the author tells us the brief history of the discovery of elementary particles. It was very clear and simple enough for a layman. The illustrations are cute and very intuitive. I love the part when the author starts explaining how the generic particle accelerator works and how the sensing works. It was very descriptive without talking in too much detail. I can also feel the enthusiasm of the author throughout the book.

This book was originally written in Dutch, and it is refreshing to read a book from his point of view as a Dutch. He introduced a lot of Dutch people who had a big influence on discovering the law of physics of elementary particles which was often forgotten by a lot of science books.