Peter Higgs: References & Edit History

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  • Erik Gregersen
    Erik Gregersen is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica, specializing in the physical sciences and technology. Before joining Britannica in 2007, he worked at the University of Chicago Press on the Astrophysical Journal. Prior to that, he worked at McMaster University on the ODIN radio astronomy satellite project. 

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Noted that he died on April 8, 2024. Apr 09, 2024
Anniversary information added. May 25, 2023
Corrected display issue. Nov 23, 2020
Modified title of Web site: Nobelprize.org - Biography of Peter Higgs. Dec 28, 2016
Added material about Higgs receiving the Copley Medal. Jun 15, 2016
Added photograph. Jan 30, 2015
Add new Web site: Nobelprize.org - Biography of Peter Higgs. Oct 08, 2013
Add new Web site: Nobelprize.org - Biography of Peter Higgs. Oct 08, 2013
Added confirmation of Higgs boson in 2013 and Higgs and Englert sharing the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics. Oct 08, 2013
Add new Web site: Swansea University - Professor Peter Higgins, "My Life as a Boson". Aug 30, 2012
Add new Web site: Swansea University - Professor Peter Higgins, "My Life as a Boson". Aug 30, 2012
Add new Web site: The University of Edinburgh - School of Physics and Astronomy - Peter Higgs and the Higgs Boson. Aug 30, 2012
Add new Web site: The University of Edinburgh - School of Physics and Astronomy - Peter Higgs and the Higgs Boson. Aug 30, 2012
Photograph of Peter Higgs added. Aug 01, 2012
New article added. Jul 19, 2012
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