Video: "God particle" Higgs boson - explained

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 16:30 in Physics & Chemistry

Theoretical Physicist Brian Greene explains - in simpler terms - the idea behind the Nobel Prize winning discovery of the Higgs boson "God particle." Video courtesy of World Science Festival.

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