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Matt Strassler, July 2, 2012 [Updated slightly, to reflect the fact that a Higgs of some type has been discovered, as announced at the LHC on July 4th, 2012.] Most of us learned in school, or from books, that all the materials around us — everything we eat, drink and breathe, all living creatures, and the very earth itself — are made from atoms.
Why the Higgs Particle Matters
The Higgs Boson Explained
NC STATE + UCONN - Jorge will be speaking at NC State (6pm, March 27, Hunt Library) and at U.“Everybody knows that Einstein did something astonishing,” writes Bertrand Russell in the opening passage of ABC of Relativity , “but very few people know exactly what it was. It is generally recognized that he revolutionized our conception of the physical world, but the new conceptions are wrapped up in mathematical technicalities.
Bertrand Russell’s ABC of Relativity: The Classic Introduction to Einstein (Free Audio)
