This book describes and explains the world of particle accelerators and the physics they study.
The presentation is non-technical (E=mc2 is the only equation!) and the prose accessible. By
following the co-evolution of particle accelerators and particle physics readers will learn
why the accelerators are built how they work and what results they produce. The book
highlights the great ideas (e.g. synchrotron) and technological advances (superconducting
magnets) that boosted the potential of accelerators and led to new discoveries eventually
resulting in the standard model of particle physics. Many concepts are illustrated with figures
derived from three-dimensional models these include theaccelerators detectors and particles.
Background information about the main protagonists along with pointers to further reading
e.g. from Scientific American are provided in endnotes.
