Who today has not heard about the Large Hadron Collider, about the black holes that can arise there and swallow us all, as well as about the elusive Higgs boson, which physicists are so eager to discover. But why humanity should spend huge amounts of money on giant accelerators and why it is so important to us, this Higgs boson, is not clear to everyone. Ian Sample, a renowned science columnist, Guardian and New Scientist contributor, who was named Journalist of the Year by the Association of British Science Writers in 2005, answers these difficult questions in his book. The sample tells in a fascinating and humorous way about outstanding ideas and outstanding scientists of our time, searching for and finding ways into the Unknown.