No Higgs boson update? Shame on you Timmeh!

[Brazen]

The Higgs boson walks into a Catholic church, and the priest asks "What are you doing here?" The Higgs boson replies, "You can't have mass without me!"

[Martinus]

The Higgs boson walks into a Catholic church, and the priest asks "What are you doing here?" The Higgs boson replies, "You can't have mass without me!"

I just started a thread about it but will repost:

I have been reading about the Higgs boson and the postulated Higgs field a bit and that stuff sounds like magic/mysticism - or a lot of cooky theories, like ether or "morphic fields" etc. 

[The Brain]

I have studied particle physics.

[Syt]

Of course the book describing the Higgs Boson was originally to be titled "The Goddamn Particle", but the publisher decided to remove "damn" from the title, giving the whole thing a ridiculous religious component.

[Brazen]

I heard it was supposed to be called the hod particle as it carried mass.

[Martinus]

I heard it was supposed to be called the hod particle as it carried mass.

The Hodor particle? 

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I heard it was supposed to be called the hod particle as it carried mass.

The Hodor particle? 

he carries mass too

[Martinus]

My point exactly.

[Grey Fox]

You know what I find annoying?

Posting the exact same thing on facebook & languish.

[Martinus]

You know what I find annoying?

Posting the exact same thing on facebook & languish.

Stop being snarky.

[KRonn]

The Higgs boson walks into a Catholic church, and the priest asks "What are you doing here?" The Higgs boson replies, "You can't have mass without me!"

How hard could it be to find one? I bet the scientists are looking too hard, and the damn thing is right in front of them. I'm sure I must have seen a few of these Boson critters just in my garden.   

[CountDeMoney]

Isn't the Higgs bosun the guy that drove the landing draft to the beaches in D-Day?

[KRonn]

Isn't the Higgs bosun the guy that drove the landing draft to the beaches in D-Day?

Hehe, good one! A real war hero!!

[DontSayBanana]

The Higgs boson walks into a Catholic church, and the priest asks "What are you doing here?" The Higgs boson replies, "You can't have mass without me!"

I've shamelessly been lifting that from your FB update all day. Many titters have been received.

[BVN]

Of course the book describing the Higgs Boson was originally to be titled "The Goddamn Particle", but the publisher decided to remove "damn" from the title, giving the whole thing a ridiculous religious component.

That book came much later. The original theory was first described in 1964 by two belgians, François Englert and Robert Brout, and a month later by the Brit Peter Higgs.

The book you refer to, was written in 1993 by Lederman.