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Higg's Boson?

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12-22-2011 5:11 PM 		Reply to: Message 8 by cavediver
04-25-2011 3:43 PM

I don't know why there was even an attenpt to come up with another name.
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The story I heard, possibly apocryphal, is that Lederman wanted to title his book "The Goddamn Particle" because of how hard it is to find, despite how important it is. The publisher convinced him to shorten it so it wouldn't be so offensive...and a terrible term was born!
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