170. Finding the God Particle

Physicist and former pop star Brian Cox tells Steve about discovering the Higgs boson, having a number-one hit, and why particle physics research will almost certainly not create a black hole that destroys all life on earth.

SOURCES:Brian Cox • , physicist at the University of Manchester.

RESOURCES:Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe, • by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw (2023). • " Higgs10: The Higgs boson and the rise of the Standard Model of Particle Physics in the 1970s • ," by John Ellis (CERN, • 2022). Out of Silence, • by Dare (2004). • " WW scattering at the LHC • ," by J. M. Butterworth, Brian Cox, and J. R. Forshaw (CERN, • 2002). A Brief History of Time, • by Stephen Hawking (1998). • " Gravitational Collapse and Space-Time Singularities • ," by Roger Penrose (Physical Review Letters, • 1965). • " The Value of Science • ," by Richard P. Feynman (Internet Archive, • 1955). • " Brian Cox Live • ."

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