Chris Quigg
@chrisquigg.com
Physicist | Author | Lecturer | Books: Grace in All Simplicity; Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interactions | Supercollider Physics, Higgsologist | https://chrisquigg.com
Words for Civic Leaders, Canterbury Cathedral, 21st September:
October 1, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Words for Civic Leaders, Canterbury Cathedral, 21st September:
And many more!
Happy birthday CERN! 🎉
#OnThisDay 72 years ago, CERN officially came into being, bringing together 12 founding Member States with a shared vision for science and international collaboration.
Discover the story behind 72 years of science:
home.cern/about/who-we...
#OnThisDay 72 years ago, CERN officially came into being, bringing together 12 founding Member States with a shared vision for science and international collaboration.
Discover the story behind 72 years of science:
home.cern/about/who-we...
October 1, 2026 at 4:11 PM
And many more!
Toasting Peter Higgs with his treasured London Pride (in Ramsgate, Kent)!
September 26, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Toasting Peter Higgs with his treasured London Pride (in Ramsgate, Kent)!
On an overnight stop in Walmer/Deal (Kent, UK) this reminder of the DESY collider that gave evidence for the gluon’s reality.
September 25, 2026 at 8:09 AM
On an overnight stop in Walmer/Deal (Kent, UK) this reminder of the DESY collider that gave evidence for the gluon’s reality.
I am sad to report that a formidable colleague, Ken Lane (Boston U), has died. Ken made many notable contributions, among them his work on the Cornell charmonium model, dynamical symmetry breaking in the form of extended technicolor, and supercollider physics. He shared the 2011 Sakurai Prize. RIP!
September 24, 2026 at 7:28 AM
I am sad to report that a formidable colleague, Ken Lane (Boston U), has died. Ken made many notable contributions, among them his work on the Cornell charmonium model, dynamical symmetry breaking in the form of extended technicolor, and supercollider physics. He shared the 2011 Sakurai Prize. RIP!
Congratulations to the new CMS leadership team and best wishes to the Collaboration for the march toward HL-LHC! cms.cern/index.php/ne...
CMS Welcomes New Deputy Spokesperson for 2026-2028 | CMS Experiment
cms.cern
September 22, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Congratulations to the new CMS leadership team and best wishes to the Collaboration for the march toward HL-LHC! cms.cern/index.php/ne...
Crossing The Pond for Season XXV of village-to-village hiking, exceptionally this year in Kent, UK.
September 19, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Crossing The Pond for Season XXV of village-to-village hiking, exceptionally this year in Kent, UK.
You can listen to the audiobook Grace in All Simplicity: Beauty, Truth, and Wonders on the Path to the Higgs boson and New Laws of Nature (by Bob Cahn and me) on Audible, Spotify, etc., or for free with a library card on Hoopla.
September 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
You can listen to the audiobook Grace in All Simplicity: Beauty, Truth, and Wonders on the Path to the Higgs boson and New Laws of Nature (by Bob Cahn and me) on Audible, Spotify, etc., or for free with a library card on Hoopla.
Celebrating two editions of Grace in All Simplicity
September 13, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Celebrating two editions of Grace in All Simplicity
An excellent plan to create a visitor centre honoring JCM. Will support in memory of J. D. Jackson, Master of Classical Electrodynamics.
Help! Parton Community Council has 60 days to raise £70k to buy Parton Kirk (resting place of James Clerk Maxwell). They plan to turn it into a visitor centre celebrating our great hero! The other buyers could turn it into long-term storage 😬 Even £5 would help 🙏🧪⚛️
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
September 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
An excellent plan to create a visitor centre honoring JCM. Will support in memory of J. D. Jackson, Master of Classical Electrodynamics.
As a new academic year approaches, please consider bit.ly/GraceSimplic... for a seminar course in particle physics or enrichment.
Grace in All Simplicity
An enthralling and accessible account of humanity’s quest to make sense of our physical world, told through interwoven tales of inspiration, traged...
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August 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
As a new academic year approaches, please consider bit.ly/GraceSimplic... for a seminar course in particle physics or enrichment.
At the beginning of a new academic year,
Periodic reminder that additional references and a few corrections for Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interactions bit.ly/1nAZIwa may be found at bit.ly/GT2refs
Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interactions
A thoroughly revised edition of a landmark textbook on gauge theories and their applications to particle physics
bit.ly
August 21, 2026 at 3:28 PM
At the beginning of a new academic year,
Available today on your favorite audio platform!
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RBmedia | Grace in All Simplicity
Listen to the audiobook Grace in All Simplicity, written by Robert N. Cahn;Chris Quigg, narrated by Brian Troxell.
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August 18, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Available today on your favorite audio platform!
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One week away: audiobook version of Grace in All Simplicity.
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RBmedia | Grace in All Simplicity
Listen to the audiobook Grace in All Simplicity, written by Robert N. Cahn;Chris Quigg, narrated by Brian Troxell.
rbmediaglobal.com
August 12, 2026 at 12:03 AM
One week away: audiobook version of Grace in All Simplicity.
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
Applications open now for the Winter 2027 session of the US Particle Accelerator School: uspas.fnal.gov/programs/202...
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July 31, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Applications open now for the Winter 2027 session of the US Particle Accelerator School: uspas.fnal.gov/programs/202...
Only a matter of time before Sean returns to Villanova to put Philly on the map!
Pope Leo hasn't been returning my calls, so I'm switching to LeBron as my next big podcast target. #MindscapePodcast
July 25, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Only a matter of time before Sean returns to Villanova to put Philly on the map!
DPF2026 at Fermilab is a beehive of activity! Slides at indico.fnal.gov/event/72820/...
Division of Particles and Fields 2026
The Division of Particles & Fields is holding a meeting on July 20-24, 2026 at Fermilab. It's this year’s largest gathering of the U.S. particle physics community, featuring a program of plenary and ...
indico.fnal.gov
July 20, 2026 at 7:01 PM
DPF2026 at Fermilab is a beehive of activity! Slides at indico.fnal.gov/event/72820/...
For your summer reading pleasure:
pegasusbooks.com/books/grace-...
Audiobook coming August 18
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pegasusbooks.com/books/grace-...
Audiobook coming August 18
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
RBmedia | Grace in All Simplicity
Listen to the audiobook Grace in All Simplicity, written by Robert N. Cahn;Chris Quigg, narrated by Brian Troxell.
rbmediaglobal.com
July 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
For your summer reading pleasure:
pegasusbooks.com/books/grace-...
Audiobook coming August 18
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
pegasusbooks.com/books/grace-...
Audiobook coming August 18
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
Today, riders of the Tour de France passed near Boulevard de l'Hypéron in Bagnères-de-Bigorre and close to the Observatoire du Pic du Midi (above le col du Tourmalet).
July 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Today, riders of the Tour de France passed near Boulevard de l'Hypéron in Bagnères-de-Bigorre and close to the Observatoire du Pic du Midi (above le col du Tourmalet).
Reposted by Chris Quigg
Music for Independence Day, by American composer Charles Ives (originally for organ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4yh...
UMich Symphony Band - Charles Ives - Variations on "America" (1892)
YouTube video by umsymphonyband
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July 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Music for Independence Day, by American composer Charles Ives (originally for organ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4yh...
Happy Fourth of July! www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46550/...
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman…
www.poetryfoundation.org
July 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Happy Fourth of July! www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46550/...
Happy 14th birthday to the Higgs Boson! Much more to learn arxiv.org/abs/2510.06348
Perspectives and Questions: Toward an Expansive Agenda for Particle Physics
Global celebration greeted the 2012 discovery at CERN's Large Hadron Collider of a particle that matches the textbook description of the Higgs boson. That achievement validated a remarkable chain of t...
arxiv.org
July 4, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Happy 14th birthday to the Higgs Boson! Much more to learn arxiv.org/abs/2510.06348
RIP François Englert, who illuminated the science of spontaneously broken gauge symmetries: arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0...
arxiv.org
June 22, 2026 at 2:11 AM
RIP François Englert, who illuminated the science of spontaneously broken gauge symmetries: arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0...
Extraordinary progress reported at FCC Week 2026 in Helsinki, indico.cern.ch/event/155212.... Excellent work on many fronts!
FCC Week 2026
We are delighted to announce the twelfth edition of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) Conference. FCC Week 2026 will take place in Helsinki, Finland, from 8 to 12 June 2026, at the University of Hels...
indico.cern.ch
June 11, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Extraordinary progress reported at FCC Week 2026 in Helsinki, indico.cern.ch/event/155212.... Excellent work on many fronts!
Final day of the @princetonupress.bsky.social 50% off sale for Gauge Theories press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... and many fine books!
Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interactions
A thoroughly revised edition of a landmark textbook on gauge theories and their applications to particle physics
press.princeton.edu
June 9, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Final day of the @princetonupress.bsky.social 50% off sale for Gauge Theories press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... and many fine books!