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Nobel’s sharp cuts

How Gerald Guralnik just missed the physics prize

Gerald Guralnik, left, celebrates at CERN on July 4, 2012, the day scientists announced the discovery of the Higgs boson.

Brown University

By Andrew Grant

- More than 2 years ago

On July 4, 2012, Gerald Guralnik was in a packed room at CERN savoring the discovery of the Higgs boson, which confirmed a theory he proposed nearly 50 years ago.