Post Tagged with: "Physics"

Ask a Guy in an Unrelated Field: The Higgs Boson
by / on July 6, 2012 at 12:00 pm / in Geekery

Ask a Guy in an Unrelated Field: The Higgs Boson

By: Mike Padgen The discovery of the Higgs boson (a.k.a. the God particle) made headlines throughout the world. Major news outlets reached out to experts to help explain the importance of this discovery. The Cool Ship has turned to… a guy in an unrelated field. What is this Higgs boson thing and why should we care about it? This is [...]

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Book Review: Physics with Feelings
by / on January 3, 2012 at 3:00 pm / in Movies & Entertainment

Book Review: Physics with Feelings

If there was ever a time to brush up on Physics, 2012 is that time. Large Hadron Collider? Not going away anytime soon. That so-called God-Particle, the Higgs boson? It may end up making more headlines than the Kardashians (well, I can only hope). The Big Bang Theory? On Thanksgiving, a repeat episode scored more viewers than A Very Gaga Thanksgiving, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, and the annual Macy’s [...]

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