Physicist and former pop star Brian Cox tells Steve about discovering the Higgs boson, having a number-one hit, and why particle physics research will almost certainly not create a black hole that destroys all life on earth. SOURCES: Brian Cox , physicist at the University of Manchester. RESOURCES: Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe , by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw (2023). " Higgs10: The Higgs boson and the rise of the Standard Model of Particle Physics in the 1970s ," by John Ellis (CERN, 2022). Out of Silence, by Dare (2004). " WW scattering at the LHC ," by J. M. Butterworth, Brian Cox, and J. R. Forshaw (CERN, 2002). A Brief History of Time , by Stephen Hawking (1998). " Gravitational Collapse and Space-Time Singularities ," by Roger Penrose (Physical Review Letters, 1965). " The Value of Science ," by Richard P. Feynman (Internet Archive, 1955). " Brian Cox Live ." Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
