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| vlad777:
What was the name of the physicist who conviced a laboratory to do his experiment and then the lab director got the nobel prize? I think his discovery was a particle. I think I saw this on BBC and the presenter was Jim Al-Khalili or someone like that (Brian Cox?). I also remember a scene (in the lab) where they record a computer screen, with a spike in the chart ,which is the proof. Many thanks. |
| DrG:
--- Quote from: vlad777 on May 21, 2021, 08:47:59 pm ---What was the name of the physicist who conviced a laboratory to do his experiment and then the lab director got the nobel prize? I think his discovery was a particle. I think I saw this on BBC and the presenter was Jim Al-Khalili or someone like that (Brian Cox?). I also remember a scene (in the lab) where they record a computer screen, with a spike in the chart ,which is the proof. Many thanks. --- End quote --- Are you thinking of Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell? https://www.npr.org/2018/09/06/645257118/in-1974-they-gave-the-nobel-to-her-supervisor-now-shes-won-a-3-million-prize |
| vlad777:
I don't think so. I think it was a man. Also , everything was by the book. The rules were wierd and the director got the (Nobel ) prize. |
| JustMeHere:
Higgs Boson possibly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson |
| penfold:
Any more clues? Was it a fairly recent discovery? The trouble is with a lot of particle physics... the results are mostly blips/spikes in a graph (Higgs' maybe more a blip than a spike though ;)) and they mostly rely on big complex experiments and have to share credit. Until we find out the real answer, can I claim to be half-correct and guess Schrödinger? |
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