The naming of the Higgs boson as such is clearly a simplification - physicists besides Peter Higgs contributed to the theory that predicts it. But it is far from the most extreme example. The relationship between the velocity of recession of galaxies and their distance from Earth that we call Hubbies law was first formulated by Belgian cosmologist Georges Lemaitre. The quantity known as Avogadro's number was first calculated by Austrian chemist Johann Josef Loschmidt. Higgs, a physicist at the University of Edinburgh, UK, at least has the strongest claim to credit for the boson. And for the arcane world of particle physics, simplification is often a good thing.
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机译：希格斯玻色子这样的命名显然是一种简化-除了彼得·希格斯之外，物理学家还对预测它的理论做出了贡献。但这远非最极端的例子。星系衰退的速度和它们离地球的距离之间的关系，我们称为哈比定律，最早是由比利时宇宙学家乔治·勒迈特（Georges Lemaitre）提出的。称为Avogadro数的数量首先由奥地利化学家Johann Josef Loschmidt计算得出。希格斯是英国爱丁堡大学的物理学家，至少对玻色子的信誉最强。对于粒子物理学的神秘世界，简化通常是一件好事。
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