The author of the book, a famous American theoretical physicist and a brilliant popularizer of science, talks about the physics of elementary particles, the latest achievements of scientists in this field, grandiose accelerators and the most mysterious particle, nicknamed the God particle, which everyone has heard of, but few who really understands its nature. Turning the last page, the reader finally learns why this particle is so important and why scientists spare no time, effort, or money to search for and study its properties. The Royal Society of London named the book the best popular science book of 2013 year.