Professor Peter Higgs: 'Pioneering' physicist who gave name to Higgs boson particle has died
The physicist was thrust into the limelight at 83 after his theories were finally proved, confirming the existence of a so-called God particle that holds the universe together.
Physics has a history of ideas being given colorful names (often by someone trying to MAKE FUN of the idea) that stick -- the Big Bang is an example (see below). Schrödinger's cat is another example; the cat is both alive and dead at the same time (called superposition, which Schrödinger wanted to show was absurd) in the experimental box until an observer opens the box; the end state is determined by whether a particular random event was or was not detected in the box prior to opening -- and Schrödinger thought this was too bizarre to be real.
Response to "Origination of the term "Big Bang" by LEO, Brave browser's AI (an aside: for things the Cabal doesn't care about, I find LEO to often be useful and accurate, but don't expect the same with queries about politics, the jab, or anything else that gets widely censored):
"which Schrödinger wanted to show was absurd"
It is maddening how many people believe it instead of realizing it was a thought experiment to prove the opposite.