Bernd Stelzer, The Higgs Boson - A one page explanation!

[Owen Densmore]

This is kinda nifty: answer a concrete question in a page or less.

In 1993, the UK Science Minister, William Waldegrave, challenged physicists to produce an answer that would fit on one page to the question 'What is the Higgs boson, and why do we want to find it?' 

http://hep.physics.utoronto.ca/BerndStelzer/higgs/

I bet one could make a hugely successful website full of "short answers to important questions".

One might be: why is the US government self destructing for no apparent reason.

        -- Owen

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[Douglas Roberts-2]

Another might be:  "Why does water swirl the way it does going down the drain?"  "Short answers only, please.

--Doug

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote:

This is kinda nifty: answer a concrete question in a page or less.

In 1993, the UK Science Minister, William Waldegrave, challenged physicists to produce an answer that would fit on one page to the question 'What is the Higgs boson, and why do we want to find it?' 

http://hep.physics.utoronto.ca/BerndStelzer/higgs/

I bet one could make a hugely successful website full of "short answers to important questions".

One might be: why is the US government self destructing for no apparent reason.

        -- Owen

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[Victoria Hughes]

Oh you all are going to have a field day with this one, I can see already.

Howabout 

how many Friamistas does it take to change a lightbulb?

The mind boggles.

Tory

On Jul 27, 2011, at 9:54 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote:

Another might be:  "Why does water swirl the way it does going down the drain?"  "Short answers only, please.

--Doug

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote:

This is kinda nifty: answer a concrete question in a page or less.

In 1993, the UK Science Minister, William Waldegrave, challenged physicists to produce an answer that would fit on one page to the question 'What is the Higgs boson, and why do we want to find it?' 

http://hep.physics.utoronto.ca/BerndStelzer/higgs/

I bet one could make a hugely successful website full of "short answers to important questions".

One might be: why is the US government self destructing for no apparent reason.

        -- Owen

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--
Doug Roberts
[hidden email]
[hidden email]

http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins

505-455-7333 - Office
505-670-8195 - Cell

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