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Scientists in Switzerland said they had discovered a new particle which is likely crucial to current understanding of how the universe is built. But did people know theres an Indian angle to all off this?
No, not that Indians, like all of us, live in the universe. The long-sought particle, known as Higgs boson, is partly named for an Indian scientist.
The scientist in question, Satyendra Nath Bose, worked with Albert Einstein in the 1920s and made discoveries that led to a kind of particle being named for him.
It was Peter Higgs, a British physicist, who in the 1960s made advances in the field, resulting in the naming of Higgs boson.
Indian newspapers have been unhappy that their star scientists name has somehow been forgotten in all of this.
For a start, only the H in Higgs boson is capitalized in most cases. In many cases, its referred to as the Higgs particle, erasing all allusion to the Indian scientist.
Last year, The Times of India opined: Unfortunately, no one seems to care about, at least conveniently forgets, Satyendra Nath Bose, the late Indian physicist whose last name bears the mark of a set of particles including the elusive Higgs boson.
Proof that the particle exists would help explain a big puzzle: why some objects in the universesuch as the quark, a constituent of protonshave mass, while
Indian Scientist Forgotten in Higgs Boson Drama - India Real Time - WSJ
Peter Higgs
Satyedra Nath Bose
No, not that Indians, like all of us, live in the universe. The long-sought particle, known as Higgs boson, is partly named for an Indian scientist.
The scientist in question, Satyendra Nath Bose, worked with Albert Einstein in the 1920s and made discoveries that led to a kind of particle being named for him.
It was Peter Higgs, a British physicist, who in the 1960s made advances in the field, resulting in the naming of Higgs boson.
Indian newspapers have been unhappy that their star scientists name has somehow been forgotten in all of this.
For a start, only the H in Higgs boson is capitalized in most cases. In many cases, its referred to as the Higgs particle, erasing all allusion to the Indian scientist.
Last year, The Times of India opined: Unfortunately, no one seems to care about, at least conveniently forgets, Satyendra Nath Bose, the late Indian physicist whose last name bears the mark of a set of particles including the elusive Higgs boson.
Proof that the particle exists would help explain a big puzzle: why some objects in the universesuch as the quark, a constituent of protonshave mass, while
Indian Scientist Forgotten in Higgs Boson Drama - India Real Time - WSJ
Peter Higgs
Satyedra Nath Bose
