Peter Higgs (2) (1929–2024)
Author of 2001 A Spacetime Odyssey: Proceedings of the Inaugural Conference of the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, Michig
For other authors named Peter Higgs, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Image credit: Peter Higgs. Photo credit: Gert-Martin Greuel
Associated Works
The Rise of the Standard Model: Particle Physics in the 1960s and 1970s (1997) — Contributor — 9 copies
2001 A Spacetime Odyssey: Proceedings of the Inaugural Conference of the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, Michig (2002) — Contributor — 5 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Higgs, Peter Ware
- Birthdate
- 1929-05-29
- Date of death
- 2024-04-08
- Gender
- male
- Education
- City of London School
King's College London (BSc|Physics|1950)
King's College London (MSc|Physics|1951)
King's College London (PhD ∙ Physics|1954) - Occupations
- physicist
academic - Organizations
- University of Edinburgh
- Awards and honors
- Fellow of the Royal Society (1983)
Rutherford Medal and Prize (1984)
Fellow of the Institute of Physics (1991)
Edinburgh Award (2011)
The Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics at Edinburgh University named in his honor (2012)
Wolf Prize (2004) (show all 8)
Oskar Klein Medal (2009)
Nobel Prize (Physics|2013) - Relationships
- Coulson, Charles (doctoral advisor)
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK - Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
Members
Discussions
Higgs criticises Dawkins over anti-religious 'fundamentalism' in Let's Talk Religion (January 2013)
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