Nobel Prize in Physics - the Higgs does it.

Started by josephpalazzo, October 08, 2013, 04:49:32 PM

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Colanth

Well, it's not as if Peter Higgs made one of the most fundamental discoveries in physics, or ...

Oh, huh?

I think I would have been very disappointed if they hadn't awarded it.
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Solitary

Great! Now we know the God particle exists. What's next the Jesus Quark that's by itself in Seventh Heaven?  :shock:  :lol:  Solitary
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Jason78

Quote from: "josephpalazzo"Just to give you an idea of what the math looks like in the Higg Mechanism, see my blog:

Gauge Theory and Higgs Mechanism

That's not math!  There's no numbers!  Just a bunch of letters and squiggly lines!
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josephpalazzo

Quote from: "Jason78"
Quote from: "josephpalazzo"Just to give you an idea of what the math looks like in the Higg Mechanism, see my blog:

Gauge Theory and Higgs Mechanism

That's not math!  There's no numbers!  Just a bunch of letters and squiggly lines!

You mean I've spent 7 years in university to produce a "bunch of letters and squiggly lines!"   #-o  :-k  :twisted:

Atheon

Three cheers for the Higgs Bosom! I mean, the Bigg Boson! I mean...
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Colanth

Quote from: "josephpalazzo"You mean I've spent 7 years in university to produce a "bunch of letters and squiggly lines!"   #-o  :-k  :twisted:
Seven years, and you just produced about the same stuff Einstein produced.
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Solitary

Quote from: "Colanth"
Quote from: "josephpalazzo"You mean I've spent 7 years in university to produce a "bunch of letters and squiggly lines!"   #-o  :-k  :twisted:
Seven years, and you just produced about the same stuff Einstein produced.



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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

josephpalazzo

Quote from: "Colanth"
Quote from: "josephpalazzo"You mean I've spent 7 years in university to produce a "bunch of letters and squiggly lines!"   #-o  :-k  :twisted:
Seven years, and you just produced about the same stuff Einstein produced.


For one, Einstein took 10 years to develop GR: and for two, he never had to learn QFT. So there.  8-)