http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/edinburgh-book-festival-frank-close-peter-higgs/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/edinburgh-book-festival-frank-close-peter-higgs/#comment-287164 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Frank Close and Peter Higgs at the Edinburgh International Book Festival Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:32:09 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=27437#comment-287164 [...] you may know, our author Frank Close spoke with Peter Higgs on Monday. We put out a call for questions earlier on the blog, but didn’t anticipate the warm enthusiasm of the crowd over Twitter [...] [...] you may know, our author Frank Close spoke with Peter Higgs on Monday. We put out a call for questions earlier on the blog, but didn’t anticipate the warm enthusiasm of the crowd over Twitter [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/edinburgh-book-festival-frank-close-peter-higgs/#comment-286413 Holly James Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:02:56 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=27437#comment-286413 Where does this discovery rank against other major scientific breakthroughs? Is it as significant as Newton with gravity or the recent Mars landing? Regards, Holly Where does this discovery rank against other major scientific breakthroughs? Is it as significant as Newton with gravity or the recent Mars landing?
Regards, Holly

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/edinburgh-book-festival-frank-close-peter-higgs/#comment-286046 Bruce Johnson Sat, 11 Aug 2012 14:28:19 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=27437#comment-286046 Like many scientists, I was delighted to hear that the Boson's existence was confirmed. The only problem I have, is explaining to non - scientific minded friends why this is so significant. Perhaps you could ask Professor Higgs to distill this down to how and why this discovery could impact daily life? Many thanks, Bruce J. Like many scientists, I was delighted to hear that the Boson’s existence was confirmed. The only problem I have, is explaining to non – scientific minded friends why this is so significant. Perhaps you could ask Professor Higgs to distill this down to how and why this discovery could impact daily life? Many thanks, Bruce J.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/edinburgh-book-festival-frank-close-peter-higgs/#comment-285775 Alanna Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:49:34 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=27437#comment-285775 Peter Higgs certainly gives a lot of talks and interviews - especially with the folks he owes favors (Close, Ellis, etc). Somehow I still read that interviews are "rare". It would be nice if we can stop saying these are "rare" and Higgs is so "humble". Peter Higgs certainly gives a lot of talks and interviews – especially with the folks he owes favors (Close, Ellis, etc). Somehow I still read that interviews are “rare”. It would be nice if we can stop saying these are “rare” and Higgs is so “humble”.

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