Scientist shares secret of success
Just enjoy what you are doing, says professor involved in unlocking secret of universe
One of the scientists at the forefront of unlocking the secrets of the universe has shared the secret of success in life: do what you enjoy doing, think outside the box - and get to know that box.
"If you love what you're doing, you'll be good at it. But you've got to know enough about the knowledge that's been, and then have room to start thinking for yourself," said Professor John Ellis when asked about science education.
Ellis, the Clerk Maxwell Professor of Theoretical Physics at King's College London, is in town to give a series of talks about his research at CERN, the European laboratory for particle physics.
The centre is conducting research on the Higgs boson - a particle that gives mass to all other particles in the universe. It has also been nicknamed the God particle.
Hong Kong universities have recently signed an agreement to begin work with CERN researchers as part of an experiment involving the Large Hadron Collider, some 175 metres beneath the Swiss-Franco border.
They include the University of Science and Technology, Chinese University, and the University of Hong Kong.
