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Re:Standard model Higgs boson explained by seriocomic on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @07:21PM (#4201111)
Wanted this so much to make sense to a layman. Has anyone found a resource that doesn't require a Phd?
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Re:Standard model Higgs boson explained by ck2 on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @07:28PM (#4201130)
In a sentence, the Higgs boson is how matter attains mass.

None of the other sub-particles could explain mass until this was proven to exist.

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Re:Standard model Higgs boson explained by Leftium on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @09:55PM (#4201445)
I found these helpful:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4193590

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4198392

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4198720

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Re:Standard model Higgs boson explained by seriocomic on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @11:03PM (#4201599)
Thanks the first two I had seen and my eyes glazed over. The third one helped...
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