Brainy Quote of the Day

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

The Moment, And Correcting An Omission...

In all fairness: Peter Higgs is a theoretical physicist from England.

R&D: Media covering the story gave lots of credit to British physicist Peter Higgs for theorizing the elusive subatomic "God particle," but little was said about Satyendra Nath Bose, the Indian after whom the boson is named.

"He is a forgotten hero," the government lamented in a lengthy statement, noting that Bose was never awarded a Nobel Prize though "at least 10 scientists have been awarded the Nobel" in the same field.


The gentleman you see removing his glasses (expressing a lot of emotion for a theoretical physicist), is none other than Peter Higgs himself (~0:51 into the announcement). A primer on the Higgs Boson (the Boson we have Satyendra Nath Bose to thank for) will post tomorrow...Smiley

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