For Physics, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to François Englert - TopicsExpress



          

For Physics, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to François Englert (b. 1932 - Belgium) and Peter Higgs (b. 1929 - UK), the two men who theorized the existence of the Higgs Boson. They were selected for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERNs Large Hadron Collider. This award is a long time coming, as it was first theorized in 1964. For a detailed explanation of the importance of the Higgs Boson, physicist Brian Greene of World Science Festival explains in this video: bit.ly/17ek42I More info: bit.ly/1a8fFPP Photos via: Nobelprize.org The Chemistry Prize will be announced tomorrow. NOTE: It appears that a large number of people do not understand the difference between the Nobel Peace Prize and the Prizes awarded for the sciences. Please read up on how the Prize for the sciences are awarded here: bit.ly/18KvDBz
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:55:08 +0000

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