The scientist Peter Higgs

Peter Higgs

Living place: England

Birthday: 29-5-1929 (95 years old)

Global rank: #48591

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Who is The scientist Peter Higgs?
Physicist who proposed a theoretical particle, later named after him, to explain why the fundamental building blocks of the universe have mass. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in 2013.
experiments using the Large Hadron Collider in 2012 first confirmed the existence of his previously theoretical particles.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He built on other scientific works to come up with a theory that all space is in a quantum field, leading to the conclusion that there must be an undetectable particle as well.

Family life info

His father was a BBC sound engineer, and due to his job, the family moved around a lot.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling The scientist Peter Higgs?
His discovery was mentioned frequently by the Jim Parsons physical character, Sheldon Cooper, on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

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When was The scientist Peter Higgs born?
Peter Higgs birthday 29-5-1929 (at the age of 95).
Where is The scientist Peter Higgs's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Peter Higgs was born in England. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Peter Higgs's global rank is 48591 and whose rank is 205 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1929 and 29-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Peter Higgs

  • Trotsky is expelled from U.S.S.R.
  • The Lateran Treaty establishes an independent Vatican City.
  • First large-scale Jewish-Arab violence caused by a clash at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem.

Birthday Peter Higgs (29-5) in history

  • Day 29-5 year 1765: Attorney Patrick Henry bitterly denounced the Stamp Act at the Virginia House of Burgesses.
  • Day 29-5 year 1790: Rhode Island became the 13th state in the United States, the last of the original colonies to ratify the Constitution.
  • Day 29-5 year 1848: Wisconsin became the 30th state in the United States.
  • Day 29-5 year 1917: John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Mass.
  • Day 29-5 year 1942: Bing Crosby recorded his version of “White Christmas.” It would go on to sell over 30 million copies.
  • Day 29-5 year 1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
  • Day 29-5 year 1990: Boris Yeltsin was elected president of the Russian republic by the parliament.
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