Wonders of Science Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2012 Source : http://www.myeducationtimes.com/article/26/2012080920120809174129381c7d2eda1/Wonders-of-Science-.html http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-16/news/33232512_1_higgs-boson-peter-higgs-god-particle Anindita Basu Prof Bikash Sinha, Homi Bhaba Professor, VECC, Department of Atomic Energy, government of India, talks about the experiments at CERN and the discovery of the Higgs Boson like particle, while delivering a talk “Chasing the Missing link at CERN-Higgs Boson” at the auditorium of the Heritage Institute of Technology. Could you tell us a bit about the motivation behind the experiment at CERN? See, right from the ancient age man has always felt this intense desire to go for the pursuit of the fundamental. This has been observed in the ancient texts like the Vedas. Man realized that to find the fundamental he needs to develop methods to probe into the greater mysteries...