【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 olinthisequation:,39。renecessary:they39。quisitelydetailedcalculationswecandowiththatwonderfulequationwouldn39。39。saprediction:apred?Well,wehadalongtimetoeu,whenwewantedthemoneyfor,MargaretThatcher,atthetime,said,Ifyouguyscanexplain,inlanguageapoliticiancanunderstand,whatthehellitisthatyou39。redoing,tthisHiggsparticledoes.Andwecameupwiththisanalogy,anditseem,whattheHiggsdoesis,itgivesmasstothefundamental39。tmeanjustspace,itmeansmeaswell,andinsideyouthewholeunivers,ifyouwill.henaparticlemovesthroughtheuniverse,itcaninteractwiththeseHi39。snotverypopularmovesthrougomveryquickly,39。ndimaginesomeoneincrediblyimportantandpopularandintelligentw39。resurroundedbypeople,andtheirpassagethr39。39。thattheelectronsandthequarksinyourbodyandintheuniversethatweseearoundusareheavy,inasense,andmassive,becausethey39。resurrou39。hatpicture39。strue,thenwehavetodiscoverthoseHiggsparticlesatth39。snottruebecauseit39。squiteaconvolutedmechanism,althoughit39。sthesimplestwe39。vebeenabletothinkofthenwhateverdoes,that39。39。mgladyourecog,Ithoughtaboutmakingitmoreculturallyrelevant,but(Laughter)39。39。se39。hemyouheardabout:darkmatter,39。sanotherissue,whichisthattheforcesinnatureit39。squitebeautiful,actuallyseem,asyougobackintime,theydoc,theelectromagicforce,theforcethatholdsustogether,force,thestrongnuclearforce,whichsticksnucleitogether,getsweechangeistheforces,thethreeforces,otherthangravity,almosts39。salmostasiftherewasonebeautifulkindofsuperforce,.Nowthere39。satheorycalledsupersymmetry,whichdoublesthenumberofparticlesinthestandardmodel,which,atfirstsight,doesn39。tsoun,withthistheory,wefindthattheforcesofnaturedoseemtounifytogether,backattheBigBangabsol39。tbuilttodothat,butitseem,thosesupersymmetricparticlesareverystrongcandi39。sreallymai,Iwouldputmoneyoninaveryunscientificwaythatthatthesethingswouldalsocropupatthenutes,IjustwanttogiveyouadifferentperspectiveofwhatIthinkwhatparticlephysicsreallymeanstomeparticlephysicsandcosmolo39。sthatIthinkit39。sgivenusawonderfulnarrativealmostacreationstory,ifyou39。dlikeabouttheuniverse,frommodernscien39。dsaythatitdeserves,inthespiritofWadeDavis39。talk,tobeatleastputuptherewiththesewonderfulcreatacreationstory,Ithink,s:,inanimmenselyhot,densestate,outamillion,billion,billion,billionbillionthofasecondIthin,theHiggsfieldkickedin,andthequarksandthegluonsandtheelectronsthatmakeewminutes,39。heuniversewasabout75percenthydrogen,ight,andthat39。swhatweseeinthecosmicmicrowavebackgroundthatGeonyears,thefirststarsformed,andthathydrogen,thathelium,thenbe,andoxygenandiron,alltheelementsthatweneedtomakeusupwerecookedinthosefirstgenerationsofstars,whichthenranoutoffuel,exploded,as,theoxygen,whichhadbeencreatedinthatfirstgenerationofstars,couldfusewithhydrogentoformwater,liquidwateronthesurface.Onatleastone,andmaybeonlyoneofthoseplas,primitivelifeevolved,whichevolvedovermillionsofyearsintothingsthatwalkeduprightandleftfootprintsaboutthreeandahalfmillionyearsagointhemudflatsofTanzania,ndbuiltthiscivilization,thiswonderfulpicture,thatturnedthedarknessintolight,mygreatheroes,CarlSagan,said,thesearethethingsandactually,notonlythese,butIwaslookingaroundthesearethethings,likeSaturnVrockets,andSputnik,andDNA,andliteratureandsciencethese,?So,therightlawsofphysicsthey39。littlebitdifferent,thencarbonandoxygenwouldn39。tbestableinsidetheheartsofstars,thinkthat39。,Icouldn39。thavetoldthatstory,becausewedidn39。thatthatcivilizationwhich,asIsay,ifyoubelievethescientificcreationstory,hasemergedpurelyasaresultofthelawsofphysics,andafewhydrogenatomsthenIthink