Despite reading and re-reading the article in today’s paper about the ‘God Particle,’ I’m still left wondering, ‘huh?’
“The Higgs boson is a hypothesized elementary particle that, if confirmed, would provide the mechanism by which the other elementary particles in the universe have mass. “ Okay…
At the Science Fair, I’m the kid who’d earn the ‘Thanks for Participating’ ribbon. I understand quirks, not quarks; pronouns, not protons. When I hear the word ‘particle,’ I think of lint. I avoid Repulsive Gravity by not looking in mirrors.
But even though my comprehension of physics might not register on any measurable scale, I’m still excited. Excited that there are minds that can make the kinds of discoveries that utterly and absolutely baffle my own.
My new novel, MAYOR OF THE UNIVERSE is about the mysteries that can’t be explained, but can be felt.
It’ll be available as an E-book next week and later you can order a print version. Fasten your seatbelts.