Book Recommendation for learning about the Higgs Boson (layman level)

[RJ Emery]

Summary: Non-Mathematical Description of the Higgs Boson

I seek a recommendation for a book written for the layman describing the physics of the Higgs boson and related topics. Books that I have found tend towards the history leading up to the discovery of the Higgs or biographies of Peter Higgs or others closely associated with the discovery.

 

[Frabjous]

I’ve heard good things about the just published
Elusive by Close
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1541620801/?tag=pfamazon01-20

There are plenty of interesting looking books that come up when searching for Higgs, but since you seem to be looking for something differerent, you might look at
Particles, Fields and Forces by Schmitz
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3030128776/?tag=pfamazon01-20
Fundamental Forces of Nature by Huang
https://www.amazon.com/dp/9812706453/?tag=pfamazon01-20
They do require some sophistication on your part.

 

[Demystifier]

The God Particle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Particle_(book)

 

[malawi_glenn]

Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics
By M. Veltman

 

[Muu9]

The Particle at the End of the Universe by Sean Carroll