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Rumors Explode Over Higgs Boson Discovery
Dec 14, 2011 15:03:46 #
JimH wrote:
quote=Roger Hicks quote=MisterWilson Guess what?... (show quote)
I read that.It was incredible how he decribed shooting particals at 24" sections of ship hulls stacked together for 10 feet and filled the gaps with lead and particals still managed to go straight through .Blows the mind !
Dec 14, 2011 15:08:10 #
dasboat wrote:
Yeah. Every now and then, if I'm walking down the street with someone, I'll push them out of the way real fast and yell, "Watch out! Gamma ray!"... they usually don't get it...I read that.It was incredible how he decribed shooting particals at 24" sections of ship hulls stacked together for 10 feet and filled the gaps with lead and particals still managed to go straight through .Blows the mind !
Dec 19, 2011 06:35:24 #
Turns out many scientists hate the term "God Particle."
So, where did the term come from? Check this explanation:
"Much of the media coverage of the announcement included the term "God particle," which originated in the title of a 1994 book by Nobel-winning physicist Leon Lederman. The story goes that Lederman originally wanted to name the tome "The Goddamn Particle" because of how difficult it was to detect, but was persuaded by his publisher, Delta, to shorten it.
"It's a pity that Leon Lederman, otherwise a nice enough fellow, chose to go ahead with this moniker at the advice of his publishing agents to sell more books," Sharma said.
"However, ever since the book came out, the Higgs boson hasn't been able to escape the nickname, at least in popular discourse."
"I feel the term 'God particle,' invented by a publisher to sell books and make money, insultingly misrepresents both science and religion," Rutgers University physicist Matt Strassler wrote in an email."
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/12/14/what-should-god-particle-be-renamed-physicists-...
So, where did the term come from? Check this explanation:
"Much of the media coverage of the announcement included the term "God particle," which originated in the title of a 1994 book by Nobel-winning physicist Leon Lederman. The story goes that Lederman originally wanted to name the tome "The Goddamn Particle" because of how difficult it was to detect, but was persuaded by his publisher, Delta, to shorten it.
"It's a pity that Leon Lederman, otherwise a nice enough fellow, chose to go ahead with this moniker at the advice of his publishing agents to sell more books," Sharma said.
"However, ever since the book came out, the Higgs boson hasn't been able to escape the nickname, at least in popular discourse."
"I feel the term 'God particle,' invented by a publisher to sell books and make money, insultingly misrepresents both science and religion," Rutgers University physicist Matt Strassler wrote in an email."
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/12/14/what-should-god-particle-be-renamed-physicists-...
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