"That name was a kind of joke, and……" — Peter Higgs
"That name was a kind of joke, and not a very good one. An author, Leon Lederman, wanted to call it 'that goddamn particle' because it was clear it was going to be a tough job finding it experimentally. His editor wouldn't have that, and he said 'okay, call it the God particle', and the editor accepted it. I don't think he should've have done, because it's so misleading."
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Peter Higgs
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16 Quotes by Peter Higgs
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This summer I have discovered something totally useless.
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I would send back a statement: ‘None.’
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Fundamentalism is another problem. I mean, Dawkins in a way is almost a fundamentalist himself, of another kind.
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If the U.K. were threatening to withdraw from Europe, I would certainly want Scotland to be out of that.
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I was already, I think, at the age of 18, showing signs of being incompetent in the lab.
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