Ivo van Vulpen is a particle physicist working at the University of Amsterdam and at Nikhef, the Dutch National Institute on Subatomic Particles. He is a member of the ATLAS experiment at CERN and lives in Leiden, Netherlands.
"CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2020 ""The passion van Vulpen feels for fundamental particle physics is clear—and his conversational style makes that enthusiasm contagious.""—Jordy de Vries, University of Massachusetts, Amherst “Both fun and serious, with authentic detail and lovely illustrations, Van Vulpen takes us from the physics of everyday life to the heart of matter and the edge of knowledge.”—Jon Butterworth, author of Atom Land: A Guided Tour Through the Strange (and Impossibly Small) World of Particle Physics ""In this engaging and charming book, van Vulpen takes us on a journey inward, to the smallest building blocks of nature, showing us how these discoveries were made and what impact they have had on our lives.""—Gregory Gbur, author of Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics"