Farewell to Peter Higgs: Discoverer of the “God Particle”
Peter Higgs died at the age of 94. The British physicist received numerous awards for his contributions to the advancement of science, most notably the Nobel Prize. What do we owe to the scientist?
4 min readApr 11, 2024
Peter Higgs was a renowned British physicist. He gained worldwide fame and recognition for his proposition of the existence of the Higgs boson (the so-called “God particle”), a fundamental particle playing a crucial role in the mechanism of imparting mass to other particles. His work led to the development of the Higgs mechanism, which is a significant component of the Standard Model of particle physics.
Peter Higgs has passed away.
The Nobel laureate died on April 8, 2024. He lived to the age of 94. His death saddened many researchers and representatives of the scientific community. Condolences on social media were expressed by, among others, Professor Brian Cox (a British presenter of…
