Peter Higgs, scientist who discovered the ‘god particle’, dies at 94
by Andrew Griffin
Apr 09, 2024
2 minutes
Peter Higgs, the “truly gifted scientist” who demonstrated the existence of the subatomic particle, has died aged 94.
Higgs, an emeritus professor at Edinburgh University, won a Nobel prize and a host of other plaudits for his work on what became known as the Higgs boson, showing how it gave the universe its shape. The hunt to prove
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