The ‘Higgs boson’ and ‘Higgs field’ concepts are not easy to grasp. The Higgs field permeates all of space and behaves somewhat like the earth’s gravitational field. When an object is raised, in the earth’s gravitational field, it gains what is termed ‘potential’ energy, a ‘hidden’ or ‘stored’ energy that can do mechanical damage ifContinue reading “The God Particle (Higgs Boson)”
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God of the Gaps?
One of the most basic principles of physics is that “energy cannot be created or destroyed.” This means that all the energy in the universe can only change form: for example, from falling water to electricity, from electricity to heat, from heat to light. Nothing can come out of ‘nothingness’: we need something to ‘create’Continue reading “God of the Gaps?”
Faith, Science & Reason 