Thursday, July 05, 2012

SCIENCE - The 'God' Particle

"What the 'Rock Star' Discovery of the Higgs Boson Means for Science" PBS Newshour 7/4/2012

Excerpt

SUMMARY: What exactly is the Higgs boson, and why is its discovery so fundamental to understanding particle physics? Author and Guardian science correspondent Ian Sample has the details.

RAY SUAREZ (Newshour): To help us further grasp today's news and exactly what a Higgs boson is, we're joined by Ian Sample, science correspondent for The Guardian newspaper and author of a book about the Higgs boson called "Massive: The Hunt for the God Particle." He was at the press conference today in Geneva, and joins us now from London.


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