Frank Close Interview - Elusive: How Peter Higgs solved the mystery of mass

We talk to Frank Close about his new book Elusive and his discussions with Peter Higgs, the creator of the Higgs Boson which was discovered at the LCH in CERN on 4 July 2012. Frank Close's Book tells the story of the discovery of the Higgs Boson and is published on 7th July 2022 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the discoveryShow more

2:20 What is mass?
4:12 Does Higgs explain all mass?
6:45 What are Bosons and how are they connected to forces?
9:30 What is the Weak Force?
13:10 What is the Higgs Field?
21:20 What is the significance of Higgs ideas?
27:30 What is the relationship with so-called dark matter?
29:00 What was it like to be in on the discovery of the Higgs Boson?
38:00 Is Higgs as elusive as his boson?
42:40 William Waldergrave's competition to explain Higgs
45:00 Frank Close's involvement with Higgs
48:00 The announcement of Peter Higgs Nobel Prize and his disappearance
52:00 Elusive the Book.

Frank Close is Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford and Fellow of the Royal Society. He was formerly Head of Theoretical Physics Division at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, vice President of the British Science Association and Head of Communications and Public Understanding at CERN. He was awarded the Kelvin Medal of the Institute of Physics for his 'outstanding contributions to the public understanding of physics' in 1996, an OBE for 'services to research and the public understanding of science' in 2000, and the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for communicating science in 2013. He is the only professional physicist to have won a British Science Writers Prize on three occasions.

Elusive by Frank Close. Published in UK on 7 July 2022
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mystery-Mass-Higgs-Explained-Universe/dp/0241521149/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1JD3ROPCIDF1F&keywords=elusive+frank+close&qid=1655244043&sprefix=Elusive+%2Caps%2C662&sr=8-1