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Quit Calling It The God Particle (Original Post) mindwalker_i Mar 2013 OP
Say it! pokerfan Mar 2013 #1
how apropos -- it was originally called "the goddamn particle" unblock Mar 2013 #4
It might be the "Son of God Paticle". TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #2
We'd have to call it mindwalker_i Mar 2013 #3
A bo-son? Nt Evoman Mar 2013 #5
Just no stoning. Orsino Mar 2013 #6
Boycott by Westboro Baptist Church rocktivity Apr 2013 #7

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(52,267 posts)
4. how apropos -- it was originally called "the goddamn particle"
Sun Mar 17, 2013, 03:20 PM
Mar 2013

because it was so goddamn hard to find.



http://www.livescience.com/17489-god-particle-higgs-boson.html

Much of the media coverage of the announcement included the term "God particle," which originated in the title of a 1994 book by Nobel-winning physicist Leon Lederman. The story goes that Lederman originally wanted to name the tome "The Goddamn Particle" because of how difficult it was to detect, but was persuaded by his publisher, Delta, to shorten it.

TheBlackAdder

(28,209 posts)
2. It might be the "Son of God Paticle".
Sun Mar 17, 2013, 02:50 PM
Mar 2013

When, as technology advances, they discover even smaller particles within.

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