Tag: CERN
Could the Higgs boson have been discovered by accident?
A theorist says no. I say yes. See what you think. We have a tendency to oversimplify complicated issues. Sometimes this gives useful clarity, but more frequently it gives a distorted impression of what I am stubborn enough to call the truth. Clarity can be seductive, but is disastrously misleading if it neglects important facts. […]
CERN at 60: Biggest moments at flagship physics lab
Physics Image by neatlysliced When I was young, I hated physics. Not much has changed. CERN at 60: Biggest moments at flagship physics lab Until this time, particle physics had looked for traces of particle collisions by photographing their wake in bubble chambers or spark chambers. Charpak's invention — a gas-filled box in which amplifiers […]