Peter Higgs, who predicted the existence of the Higgs Boson, has died at 94

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[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Magical that he lived long enough to see his predicted particle be detected ... impossible to imagine 48 years earlier in 1964 when he predicted its existence.

49 years between his paper and the Nobel Prize. Sometimes you need a long life to be recognised as a great physicist.

[–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He's gone to meet his particle. RIP