Particles and the universe: from the Ionian school to the Higgs boson and beyond

This book aims to present the history and developments of particle physics from the introduction of the notion of particles by the Ionian school until the discovery of the Higgs boson at LHC in 2012 and discuss the future developments of the field. The evolution of accelerators where different particles have been discovered is reviewed and details about the CERN accelerators are presented. A short presentation of some features of astrophysics and its connection to particle physics is also included