Higgs Festival

The Higgs Centre is celebrating 10 years since Peter Higgs was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (in 2013), alongside François Englert, for the theory of how particles acquire mass.

Celebrate with us on campus:

From 15:00, continuing the whole afternoon

Meet theoretical physicists, attend interactive shows with the "Bad Boy of Science" Dr Sam Gregson, make your own crafty particle collision to take home, have a look at our art exhibition and visit our social media booth.

Interactive Show with Dr Sam Gregson at 15:00

The amazing discovery of the Higgs Boson in 2012 by CERN, and anticipated by Peter Higgs and François Englert (and R Brout) in the 1960s was one of the most important scientific discoveries of this century. But could you have made the discovery for yourself?

In this highly interactive, highly energetic, comedic show, you will take control of the infamous large hadron collider - the world's largest and most powerful atom smasher. Can you hunt the Higgs and claim the Nobel prize for yourself?

Movie Premiere at 17:00

Highlight of the afternoon will be the premiere of our short documentary film tracing the development of theoretical, mathematical and computational physics in Edinburgh (From Tait to Higgs - Part 1) with a panel discussion on the accompanying historical research project, which was conducted by Mariana Duarte.

If you're planning to attend the science show and/or the movie premiere, please register (free) as there is limited capacity due to room size.

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