One of the most famous modern physicists, the British scientist Peter Higgs, has died.
This is the man who 11 years ago received the Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting the existence of the “God particle” – the boson.
According to MIA Rossiya Segodnya, citing the press service of the University of Edinburgh, the great scientist died at the age of 95.
Professor Peter Higgs has been confirmed to have died aged 94noted university representatives.
According to them, the physicist “died peacefully at home on Monday, April 8.” It is known that Peter Higgs has been ill recently.
The press service recalled that he predicted the existence of the elementary particle boson back in 1964.
It was named after him, and in 2013 the scientist received the Nobel Prize for his fundamental work on the “God particle.”
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