Peter Higgs had plenty of time to prepare and he took advantage of it. In October 2013 it was foreseeable that he would probably win a Nobel Prize, so he spread the false information in good time that he was traveling in the Scottish Highlands, at least that’s what the physicist Frank Close reports in his book “Elusive”. In reality, according to Close, Higgs was at home in his Edinburgh flat on the morning of the day the physics prize was announced, but not for long: better safe than sorry. Wearing an inconspicuous parka, he set off for the bus to Leith, a harbor district about five kilometers away. Should the Nobel Prize come quietly. Peter Higgs, then 84 years old but still fit thanks to as many stairs to his third-floor apartment and a lifelong passion for long walks, would not be available.
Peter Higgs is dead: Obituary for Nobel Prize winner – famous despite himself – knowledge
