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| At 78, scientist hopes for proof soon that he was right about the Universe |
| 2008-04-08 |
| The 40-year hunt for the holy grail of physics – the elusive “God particle” that is supposed to give matter its mass – is almost over, according to the leading scientist who first came up with the theory. Peter Higgs, whose work gave his name to the elusive Higgs boson particle, said that he was more than 90 per cent certain it would be found within the next few years. The Higgs boson was the professor’s elegant 1964 solution to one of the great problems with the standard model of physics – how matter has mass and thus exists in a form that allows it to make stars, planets and people. He proposed that the universe is pervaded by an invisible field of bosons that consist of mass but little else. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #5 "I will certainly open a bottle of something ......Iff it is not there, I will no longer understand what I think I understand" > WW3: FAMOUS BOTTLES OF THE APOCALYPSE - NOSTRADAMUS, MADONNA, HEADBANGERS BALL, and OLIVER STONE'S "W", etc. "YOU ARE THERE" with Admiral Isaac Kidd and Officers, aboard the exploding BATTLESHIP ARIZONA, + rock bands THE EAGLES + FOREIGNER + JUDAS PRIEST. As ADMIRAL, he said it was his duty to stay with his brave but dying, burning ship and crew. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-04-08 19:25 |
| #4 he is a great physicist and certainly having robust evidence of the Higgs boson would be wonderful but the cost of the LHC is really an outrage and bringing out Higgs to cry about how we need to keep building bigger and better particle smashers is disgusting |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-04-08 14:44 |
| #3 A good site for rumors is Tomaso Dorigo's blog. This is his most recent (non-April-Fools) post on the Higgs search. (I don't find his musings on politics or religion as useful.) |
| Posted by: James 2008-04-08 12:44 |
| #2 LOL JFM.....or the amount of equivalent expelled hot air of one george soros as his doom and glum brigades distribute their chaos. |
| Posted by: Thraviper Panda2099 2008-04-08 10:15 |
| #1 The proton beam will carry the equivalent energy of an aircraft carrier sailing at 11 knots That is about half the energy used in Al Gore's mansion. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-04-08 09:27 |