Professor Higgs did not know he had won a Nobel Prize

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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24493400[/url]
[quote]Nobel Prize-winning scientist Prof Peter Higgs has revealed he did not know he had won the award until a woman congratulated him in the street.

Prof Higgs, who does not own a mobile phone, said a former neighbour had pulled up in her car as he was returning from lunch in Edinburgh.

He added: "She congratulated me on the news and I said 'oh, what news?'"[/quote]

[Wizards Court]

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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24493400[/url][/QUOTE]

this guy seems to be a good example of the "absent minded professor" stereotype lol.

[rhx123]

Higgs is an awesome person.
He has an amazing mind yet doesn't use it for fame, fortune, or destruction, he just uses it to further our understanding of the universe.

[Joazzz]

[QUOTE=Wizards Court;42487546]this guy seems to be a good example of the "absent minded professor" stereotype lol.[/QUOTE]the best kind

[Instant Mix]

we've been celebrating ol' higgsy boy here in the burgh.
According to all the professors, he buggered off up to the highlands with no connection to the outside world for a few days whilst the prizes were being announced. This article is totally genuine.

And apparently he can't use modern technology to save his life anyway (phones, computers, etc)

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[QUOTE=Instant Mix;42487741]we've been celebrating ol' higgsy boy here in the burgh.
According to all the professors, he buggered off up to the highlands with no connection to the outside world for a few days whilst the prizes were being announced. This article is totally genuine.

And apparently he can't use modern technology to save his life anyway (phones, computers, etc)[/QUOTE]

Spearheaded research into levels of atomic sciences previously thought impossible... and he can't use google.

Simply amazing.

[demoguy08]

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;42487869]Spearheaded research into levels of atomic sciences previously thought impossible... and he can't use google.

Simply amazing.[/QUOTE]

High-level physics and math is pretty much just about shoving symbols around. It doesn't make you more proficient at modern technology.

[LoneWolf_Recon]

When they confirmed the Higgs Boson, he must've been overwhelmed to have seen something he theorized back in the 60s become confirmed within his lifetime.

[smurfy]

[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;42487920]When they confirmed the Higgs Boson, he must've been overwhelmed to have seen something he theorized back in the 60s become confirmed within his lifetime.[/QUOTE]

He was in the audience at CERN and he wept when they announced it

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CugLD9HF94[/media]

[Desuh]

I wonder if there are any awards I won that I am not aware of.

[Sableye]

he doesn't have a computer or cellphone, and he convieniantly decoded to go on vacation a week before the announcement...
and got home a week after the announcrment