NBC Science Editor Alan Boyle (Cosmic Log) talks with theoretical physicist Sean Carroll about the Higgs boson and Sean's new book:

• http://www.amazon.com/The-Particle-End-Universe-Higgs/dp/0525953590/

• http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/05/13685122-what-lies-beyond-the-higgs-boson?lite

• http://preposterousuniverse.com/

Sean studies the theoretical aspects of cosmology, field theory, and gravitation, learning about fundamental physics by studying the structure and evolution of the universe.