I was caught — pulled into an orbit, is the better phrase — by the discovery of the Higgs Boson in July, 2012. I’ve written about that in previous Catches [“The Courage to Imagine”]. I was entranced by the language … Continued
Higgs Boson
Metaphors Define Us
“Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands” In a post entitled “The Courage to Imagine” (July, 2012), I looked at some of the analogies the scientists were using to explain the phenomenon of the Higgs Boson and the … Continued
The Courage to Imagine
It’s been over a week since the New York Times delivered the following headline to my laptop: Physicists Find Elusive Particle Seen as Key to Universe The particle, apparently responsible for imbuing everything with mass, is called the Higgs Boson. … Continued