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TBH i dislike those quirky names because they become fodder for popular media nonsense. Just like the way the "God particle" can be misunderstood for having something to do with religion.

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Higgs actually wanted to call it "the goddamn particle."

Actually it was Leon Lederman who wrote book "The God Particle".

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jun/30/higgs.boson.ce...

That is a great book. It's well written and touches on details that most "physics for the masses" books skip. I also regret the use of the term God Particle though. I know he was being cheeky but it is all too easy for people to grab onto something like that and believe that this is some sort of religious quest.

I can't fathom the amount of physicist blood that would be shed in the crusades that would follow.

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