A Map of the Invisible is the first popular and systematic account of particle physics since the momentous discovery of the Higgs boson, the particle that explains why the tangible things in our universe exist and that completes the Standard Model--science's best understanding of how the basic building blocks of matter interact, governed by four fundamental forces. Jon Butterworth, leading physicist at CERN, dives into the current state of our knowledge of the fundamental constituents of matter and the forces that act on them, explaining the essentials of the hard science while sharing firsthand accounts of some of the scientists and experiments behind our current understanding.

Like a true scientist, as Butterworth reveals the best evidence for what we think we know now, he also explains the uncertainties, the omissions and problems with the Standard Model, and the ways in which the physics might change. Readers will begin to think like scientists themselves, coming away with a deeper understanding of not only particle physics but also how all knowledge is provisional, and a keener eye and openness toward possible future developments and the big questions in physics still to be answered.