The Higgs Boson Particle

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I feel personally that the discovery of the atom was an important discovery for the world. With the discovery we are now able to answer questions we never even thought to ask. We are also answering questions some people asked long ago. We can now use our vast knowledge of the atom to measure the stars and be able to tell you what the stars are made of. The atomic discovery also helped us find our periodic table of elements. The periodic table of elements is a huge scientific chart that shows important facts with the help of its formation. There was a lot of constant scientific research that went into making the periodic table of elements and what it is today.
The idea of the atom started all the way back from the ancient Greece. What is sad about this is that one philosopher’s idea it was rejected by the rest of the philosophers of the time. Philosophers like Aristotle. The ancient Greeks did not have all the modern technology we have now and were not equipped to test their atomic theory. The theory they had hypothesized was if you keep dividing something, the smallest living thing had to be an atom.
The next big step in the discovery of the atom was the scientific test that proved the existence of the atom. After the discovery of the atom we had the discovery of subatomic particles. With the discovery of the subatomic particles came the research, which came from experiments that were made to find out more about the subatomic particles. This research is how we uncovered that most of the weight of an atom is from its nucleus. With the gold foil experiment, tested by Ernest Rutherford, he discovered the existence of the positively charged nucleus. He proved this when the experiment was happening, a small fraction of the photons th...

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...lieve that there really is a Higgs Boson particle. I know they have not found it yet but there is lots of evidence to prove that there is a Higgs Boson particle. We as a science community have not been using the right experiments to find the particle. There are lots of things that when put together makes proof of the missing Higgs Boson particle. I feel that it is enough proof that the particle is there we just need to find it.

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Achenbach, Joel. "At the Heart of All Matter." National Geographic. National Geographic Magazine, Mar. 2008. Web. 26 Oct. 2012.
"The Atom." Think Quest. Oracle Education Foundation, n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2012.
"The LHC." CERN. European Organization for Nuclear Research, n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2012.
Overbye, Dennis. "Physicits Find Elusive Particle Seen as Key to Universe." The New York Times 4 July 2012: n. pag. Web. 27 Oct. 2012.

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