Physicist, 98, honored with doctorate 75 years after groundbreaking discovery
by Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

The Guardian    Translate This Article
22 July 2024

On 22 July 2024 The Guardian reported: A trailblazing physicist who gave up her PhD 75 years ago to have a family has received an honorary doctorate from her former university. Rosemary Fowler, 98, discovered the kaon particle during her doctoral research under Cecil Powell at the University of Bristol in 1948, which contributed to his Nobel Prize for physics in 1950. Fowler's discovery helped lead to a revolution in the theory of particle physics, and it continues to be proven correct -- predicting particles such as the Higgs boson, discovered at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the field of science, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

...She has now been awarded an honorary doctor of science by the University of Bristol chancellor, Sir Paul Nurse, in a private graduation ceremony close to her Cambridge home.

Fowler said she felt 'very honored' but added: 'I haven't done anything since to deserve special respect.'

Nurse praised Fowler's 'intellectual rigour and curiosity', which 'paved the way for critical discoveries that continue to shape the work of today's physicists, and our understanding of the universe'.

At 22, Fowler spotted something when viewing unusual particle tracks -- a particle that decayed into three pions, a type of subatomic particle.

She said: 'I knew at once that it was new and would be very important. We were seeing things that hadn't been seen before -- that's what research in particle physics was. It was very exciting.'

To read the entire article and see photo click here. To read more about the Higgs boson at CERN's website click What's so special about the Higgs boson?

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