Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Street Corner Science: Ask A Nobel Laureate - Follow-Up

I mentioned earlier about Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman setting up a table in downtown Chicago this past Sunday to answer questions from all-comers. This is a news report on that occasion.

Those were some of the burning questions dozens of science fans asked Nobel laureate Leon Lederman, who set up shop Sunday near the Michigan Avenue Bridge. The Chicago Council on Science and Technology sponsored the event to show people that science is accessible, said President Alan Schriesheim.

Jonathan Shobrook, 11, of Highland Park, asked about a theoretical particle called the Higgs boson, known as the "God particle." Physicists believe Higgs may give mass to all things and could explain how the universe is put together. Shobrook, who will enter seventh grade this fall, showed Lederman a chart he made about the particle.


I hope they do this again, either with Lederman, or with someone else.

Zz.

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