First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)

[Pyrrho]

Okay.  So what are the laws of nature?  Or can you recommend a short book?  Would something like this be a good choice?  If not, what do you recommend that is on that reading level?  Of course, you may feel free to just explain it all here.

While the book you quote is lovely, it has a somewhat different focus: telling you how all kinds of phenomena are described using the appropriate physics approximations, from Newton to modern. What I'd have in mind is something slightly different: a book that simply describes the state of the art theory in good detail. Personally I haven't seen many books that do a good job (they usually put more speculative sexy stuff and don't spend enough time explaining the actual status quo, or have a focus on cosmology because it's sexy), but this looks good:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Theory-Almost-...0452287863

Of course, I would recommend my own work, but it is in German, and the first part will only come out in 4 weeks time.

Why don't you translate your book into English and publish it in English as well?  Wouldn't it be more likely to sell more copies worldwide in English than in German?  (If you feel like you must thank me for this idea, you can pay me a percentage of the royalties you get for the English version.)