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Re: [Phys-l] news sources - Excellent Higgs Introduction




John Denker wrote:
The same principle applies to other news stories, such as the
recent Higgs search status announcement:
Don't believe everything you read in the media.

Indeed, the coverage I have seen has been truly terrible, almost
without exception.

As for an accessible explanation of what a Higgs is, or why the
general public should care, I still haven't found anything I
would recommend. Does anybody here have any suggestions?

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The best introductory article I have come across so far is Professor Matt Strassler's guest post at Cosmic Variance...

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/12/06/guest-post-matt-strassler-on-hunting-for-the-higgs/

That led me to Strassler's new blog which seems to be highly informative and reliable...

http://profmattstrassler.com/

I'd be interested to hear how others on the list would rate this guy's work.

Derek