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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 16: Professor Peter Higgs, poses for photographs in front of a statue of James Watt after receiving an honorary degree of doctor of science, from Heriot-Watt University on November 16, 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Professor Peter Higgs, the scientist who postulated and gave his name to the recently discovered Higgs boson, the so called god particle, received the degree in recognition of his pioneering and greatly influential contribution to physics.(Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
