In 2013, Nobel laureate and renowned British scientist Peter Higgs passed away at the age of 94. Higgs was celebrated for his groundbreaking idea of the Higgs boson particle, which he developed in the 1960s with his colleagues. The concept aimed to explain the mass of fundamental particles and led to the search for a unifying particle that could explain key forces in the universe.
In 2012, the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland identified the long-sought particle and named it the Higgs boson, marking a significant achievement in physics. The discovery confirmed Higgs’s ideas and had a profound impact on our understanding of matter and mass.
Professor Alan Barr, Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford, lauded Higgs’s work for its profound impact on scientific knowledge. He also highlighted Higgs’s character, noting his humility and encouragement of future generations of scientists and scholars. Professor Brian Cox paid tribute to Higgs on Twitter, praising him for his charm and modesty while highlighting his impact on physics through the Higgs boson.
The world’s largest particle accelerator made by Pallab Ghosh showcases how this groundbreaking discovery has revolutionized modern physics.
