Speaker
Dr
Suzy Lidström
(Uppsala University and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
Description
Fundamental physics, as exemplified by the recently discovered Higgs boson, often appears to be disconnected from practical applications and ordinary human life. But this is certainly not the case, because science, technology, and human affairs are profoundly integrated in ways that are not immediately obvious. We illustrate this by defining a ‘Higgs number’ through overlapping activities. Following three different paths, which end respectively in applications of the World Wide Web, digital photography, and all modern electronic devices, we find that most people have a Higgs number of no greater than 3.
Author
Dr
Suzy Lidström
(Uppsala University and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
