Frank Close, "Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass" (Basic Book, 2022)
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Particale Physics - A Brief History
In 19 12 or so, ernest rutherford discovered that the heart of the atom contained a massive nucleus of positive charge. And by the 19 thirties, they knew that this s consisted of protons and lutrons, two types of particles. But in 19 60, partical physics was trying to understand the basic seeds of matter, and was getting nowhere. So it was mostly theoretical because there was no way to test it. Well. as we will see, that is real what the importance of the higs bows on is all about. We were able to replicate the physical conditions of the new born universe and start investigating where matter came from, how it appeared and so
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