Peter Higgs, physicist who discovered Higgs boson, dies aged 94

16 comments

1. Presumably there’ll be a funeral mass?

2. Rip

3. RIP sir.

4. RIP🫡

   It’s not every day someone discovers something that is coincidentally named after them.

5. To be prescise, he didn’t discover the Higgs boson. He predicted it. CERN discovered it, proving him right.

   I was just at CERN – what a coincidence. RIP.

6. Rest in peace.

7. The eclipse killed him.

8. He predicted it, but didn’t actually discover it.

9. Known him due to The Big Bang Theory

10. RIP Bozo

11. Higgs was a regular at a store I used to work at in central Edinburgh. Came across as a lovely guy. Ironically, despite having identified the particle which will ensure his work is forever remembered, he once failed to recall leaving his hearing aid at home. I searched the entire shop for him as he thought he lost it there, to no avail!

12. Shouldn’t we as a society value and thus mourn the passing of a scientist that was *that* fundamental to our contemporary understanding of the universe as highly as we do with celebrities?

    I remember how people reacted when Michael Jackson or David Bowie died. Rightly so, as these men have had a large cultural impact on our society. However, should we then not also have the same passion for honouring the lives of those who have brought human understanding one step foward?

13. Rest in peace my good sir

14. RIP

15. Completely opposite of “live fast die young”.

    Predicted the boson named after him when he was young and sexy. Got a Nobel prise half a century later. Died after living almost a century.

    Press F to pay respect.

    F.

16. RIP to a scientific OG