The Anonymous Widower

The Higgs Boson

I have heard many commentators try to explain about the Higgs boson and the search for its existence.

All have failed to make head or tail of the complex subject.  Admittedly, my physics stopped at A-level in 1965, but I have read extensively to extend my knowledge.

However, Phil Allport of Liverpool University, explained it all pretty well in words that I could understand. Or at least the detection process, even if the theory of the boson’s existence, is way beyond me.

But I should say, that if Professor Allport were to write a Brief History of the Higg’s Boson, I’d certainly buy it, as it is my type of holiday read. But then I read a book called something like,  In search of the Quark, by a pool in the West Indies, only to find that one of the other guests was a Professor of Physics at a prestigious American university. it was this book, that got me looking for Lise Meitner. Sadly, it’s gone the way of a lot of my books.

Again, I wish I’d videoed his talk.

May 20, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | World | CERN, Liverpool University, Research, Science