It is at this very moment that the most ambitious scientific experiment of all time is about to begin, and yet its precise aims are rather poorly understood by the general public. This book provides an everyman's guide for understanding and following the discoveries that will take place within the next few years at the LHC project at CERN. The reader is invited to share an insider's view of the world of particle physics and is led to appreciate what a true intellectual revolution is about to take place.

1. Prologue I: A Matter of Particles 2. Dissecting Matter 3. Forces of Nature 4. Sublime Marvel II:The Starship of Zeptospace 5. Stairway to Heaven 6. The Lord of the Rings 7. Telescopes Aimed at Zeptospace III: Missions in Zeptospace 8. Breaking Symmetries 9. Dealing with Naturalness 10. Supersymmetry 11. From Extra Dimensions to New Forces 12. Exploring the Universe with a Microscope 13. Epilogue

Gian Francesco Giudice , Theoretical Physics Division, CERN, Geneva

`Anticipates the intellectual revolution that it may trigger.' Nature |d January 2010