MOOC on The Discovery of the Higgs Boson

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MOOC on "The Discovery of the Higgs Boson"

The University of Edinburgh is offering a massive online open course on "The Discovery of the Higgs Boson" to the public. This is a 7-week course, with 2 hours per week of online presentation.

This MOOC introduces the theoretic tools needed to appreciate the discovery, and presents the elementary particles at the tiniest scales ever explored. Beginning with basic concepts in classical mechanics, the story unfolds through relativity and quantum mechanics, describing forces, matter and the unification of theories with an understanding driven by the tools of mathematics.

Narrating the journey through experimental results which led to the discovery in 2012, the course invites you to learn from a team of world-class physicists at Edinburgh University. Learners participate in discussion of the consequences of the Higgs boson, to physics and cosmology, and towards a stronger understanding and new description of the universe.

After this, there should be no more whining from people who complain that no one is making any effort to educate the public on what this is all about.

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After this, there should be no more whining from people who complain that no one is making any effort to educate the public on what this is all about.

Unfortunately this didn't work out, people still complain.