God particle

English Etymology en 1 Q192695 1993 in his book The God Particle, the title having been changed at the suggestion of his editor. According to Lederman (page 22), he wanted to call the Higgs boson en the Goddamn Particle, "given its villainous nature and the expense it is causing", but his publisher wouldn't let him. So they agreed to call it "The God Particle" as "there is a connection, of sorts" to the Bible and the story of the Tower of Babel in the sense that it appears as if the Higgs boson "has been put there to test and confuse us". Noun en Q402 en informal The Higgs boson. en 1998 Phillip E. Johnson Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law & Education http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Cpq97VuAAJEC&pg=PA229&dq=%22God+particle%22%7C%22God+particles%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Knj1T-DeCoaWiQfe0aT4Bg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22God%20particle%22%7C%22God%20particles%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 229 9780830819294 Among other fascinating insights, Penrose explains that the God particle was originally proposed by Peter Higgs as "an ingenious theoretical device, and not necessarily appearing as an actual particle. As a device, it allowed other particles to acquire mass,." en 2008 National Geographic 213 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=zkARAQAAMAAJ&q=%22God+particle%22%7C%22God+particles%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22God+particle%22%7C%22God+particles%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Knj1T-DeCoaWiQfe0aT4Bg&redir_esc=y 101 The first thing you learn when you ask scientists about the God particle is that it′s bad form to call it that. en 2010 Mu Soeng The Heart of the Universe: Exploring the Heart Sutra http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vWWdrF8xkikC&pg=PA40&dq=%22God+particle%22%7C%22God+particles%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ToH1T7XULYudiAfO8qzNBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22God%20particle%22%7C%22God%20particles%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 40 9780861715749 To his contemporaries, his desperation seemed like a search for the "God particle," something seen as daft, even obstructionist. Related terms en Oh-My-God particle Translations Higgs boson Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 上帝粒子 shàngdì lìzǐ en eponyms en Subatomic particles