From the reviews:"[.] the book touches clearly upon the building blocks of the Standard Model and communicates 50 years of passion for physics and its intricacies - a lesson for young researchers." (Cern Courier, July/August 2005, 45, page 43)"Although Steinberger describes his experiments and results in some detail, Learning About Particles is not exclusively for aficionados; anyone with an interest in scientific research and how it is accomplished will be well rewarded from its pages." (Don Perkins, Physics World, July 2005, page 42, physicsweb.org)"Jack Steinberger … offers a personal account of the historical and scientific evolution of the field, interspersed with autobiographical notes. … the book touches clearly upon the building blocks of the Standard Model and communicates 50 years of passion for physics and its intricacies a lesson for young researchers. It also speaks of a passion for other, and far more common, sources of enjoyment in life such as music and mountains a lesson for physicists in general!" (Biagio Saitta, CERN Courier, Vol. 45 (6), July/August, 2005)"Steinberger (CERN, Switzerland) offers this scientific biography, written in a modest and friendly style, providing a footnote to the history of the development of particle physics over the period from 1948 to about 1990.

Many well-known people cross the stage and interact with the author during this time, and many interesting anecdotes are offered. … It is very well produced, with illustrations and an index … . Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." (K. W. Ogilvie, CHOICE, Vol. 43 (1), 2005).