Physicist Peter Higgs, known for his theory of the Higgs boson particle, has passed away at the age of 94. His theory was proven right with the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, which was hailed as a major breakthrough in understanding the universe.
Highland Gold Maple making syrup from Cape Breton woods for 25 years | SaltWire #capebreton #mapleLONDON - Physicist Peter Higgs , whose theory of an undetected particle in the universe changed science and was vindicated by a Nobel prize-winning discovery half a century later, has died aged 94, the University of Edinburgh said on Tuesday.
Higgs described himself as"incompetent" in the physics laboratory at school and at first preferred maths and chemistry. But inspired by quantum physicist Paul Dirac, who had attended the same school, he went on to specialise in theoretical physics. "Over a weekend ... I gradually realised that I knew two things that had to be brought together," he said."I had to go back to my office on the Monday and check that I hadn't made a mistake about this."
CERN's massive Large Hadron Collider finally proved to be the sledgehammer needed to crack the nut, and in 2012 two experiments there independently found the Higgs boson. Higgs, clearly overwhelmed, his eyes welling up, told his fellow researchers:"It is an incredible thing that it has happened in my lifetime."The Higgs boson completed the Standard Model, but fully understanding it is a work in progress. Its discovery allowed theoreticians to turn their attention to the vast portion of the universe that remained unexplained, as well as esoteric ideas such as the possibility of parallel universes.
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