Peter Higgs (Image: Murdo Macleod)
It is more than four decades since Peter Higgs predicted the existence of the particle that now carries his name. As the latest, $9 billion search for the Higgs boson gets under way, Ian Sample managed to track down this unassuming physicist to find out how he will feel when he is finally proved right – or wrong
BY THE age of 79, most scientists have put aside the stresses of working life and settled into quiet retirement. For theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, the chance would be a fine thing. With the…
