Learning on ScreenHiggs Boson
- Synopsis
- In 1964 Peter Higgs had a big idea about the mystery of how matter in the universe got its mass. This question has such an important place in physics that well over one billion pounds is being spent in the hope that he was right. It’s the biggest science project on Earth; the quest to find the ‘Higgs Boson’, a fundamental constituent of nature that - if it does exist - has such a central role in defining the universe that it’s also known as the God Particle.
What is the Higgs Boson? Why is it so important to scientists and how are they planning to find it?- Series
- In Our Time, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2010
- Year of production
- 2004
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 18 Nov 2004
- Subjects
- Physics
- Keywords
- mass; particle physics; universe; Higgs boson
Online availability
- URI
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004y2b7
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed
Credits
- Contributor
- David Wark; Jim Al-Khalili; Melvyn Bragg; Roger Cashmore
Distributor
- Name
BBC Radio 4
- Web
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 External site opens in new window
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