Meet Peter Higgs, father of the 'God Particle'


	Meet Peter Higgs, father of the 'God Particle'

arifsali

6-30-2008 2:25 PM

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To many people, the sole purpose of the LHC is to find the famous Higgs boson. James Randerson met the self-effacing man behind the legend

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7-1-2008 5:10 AM

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important, thkx arifsali

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