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A book telling the story of the hunt for the elusive Higgs Boson has won the 2013 Royal Society Winton Prize.
Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll scoops the £25,000 prize for his book The Particle at the End of the Universe.
His work beat five other titles that ranged across topics that broadly focussed on life in its many forms and its internal workings.
But the judges were unanimous in their decision to give Carroll the prize.
Prof Uta Frith, from University College London and chair of the judges, said of the winning work: "It is an exceptional example of the genre and a real rock star of a book. Though it's a topic that has been tackled many times before.

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