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"Peter Higgs, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who proposed a new particle
known as the Higgs boson, has died.
Higgs, 94, who was awarded the Nobel prize for physics in 2013 for his work in
1964 showing how the boson helped bind the universe together by giving
particles their mass, died at home in Edinburgh on Monday.
After a series of experiments, which began in earnest in 2008, his theory was
proven by physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider at Cern in
Switzerland in 2012; the Nobel prize was shared with François Englert, a
Belgian theoretical physicist whose work in 1964 also contributed directly to
the discovery.
A member of the Royal Society and a Companion of Honour, Higgs spent the bulk
of his professional life at Edinburgh University, which set up the Higgs Centre
for Theoretical Physics in his honour in 2012.
Prof Peter Mathieson, the university’s principal, said: “Peter Higgs was a
remarkable individual – a truly gifted scientist whose vision and imagination
have enriched our knowledge of the world that surrounds us.
“His pioneering work has motivated thousands of scientists, and his legacy will
continue to inspire many more for generations to come.”"
Via N. E. Felibata and Kenny Chaffin.
RIP,
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