A Are Symposium Books as Comprehensive for Particle Physics History?

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Guys, please recommend me a Book or articles regarding the history of Particle physics.
Books like Griffith, Martin, and Perkins are best if I consider them for the thorough history of particle physics.
 
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The First Three Minutes is pretty good to get started.
 
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Being a more senior person, I enjoyed "Inward Bound. Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World" by Abraham Pais (Oxford University Press, 1986). From X-rays and alpha-particles to the discovery of the Z. It details the conceptual struggles and covers the years 1815 to 1984, according to the chronology.
 
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