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My recollection of the higher school certificate, which involved a practical exam in physics, was being confronted with an experiment involving a sort of barometer arrangement, wondering why I couldn't make it work.
Peter Higgs
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Peter Higgs
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: May 29
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