I would love it if our resident experts could recommend excellent books that explain particle physics for laymen, rather than ask them to condense their understanding into useless short replies on a message board (which is like saying, "sum up, in ten words or less, the Hundred Years' War" - you can get an answer, but not a good one).
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Who knows about particle physics?
- 07/07/2012 08:47:57 AM
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Many people; fortunately for you, some frequent this site. 
- 07/07/2012 10:48:26 AM
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- 07/07/2012 10:48:26 AM
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Well. It's kind of hard to make it simple.
- 07/07/2012 01:38:43 PM
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I would ask a less obnoxious question.
- 07/07/2012 03:47:16 PM
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*NM*