Special Feature

Higgs Boson: The Cosmic Glyph

• Physics 15, 99
To mark the 10th anniversary of the discovery of the Higgs boson, the poet Amy Catanzano celebrates the Higgs in verse.

This poem is part of a series of pieces that Physics Magazine is publishing to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Higgs boson discovery. See also: Research News: A Particle is Born: Making the Higgs Famous; News Feature: The Era of Higgs Physics; Q&A: The Higgs Boson: A Theory, An Observation, A Tool; Podcast: The Higgs, Ten Years After; and Collection: The History of Observations of the Higgs Boson.

A. Catanzano

Amy Catanzano is a professor and the poet-in-residence at Wake Forest University, North Carolina.


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