WORLD Magazine | Vern S. Poythress
Gene Edward Veith
Vern S. Poythress is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, where he has taught for 30 years. He holds six earned degrees and has authored numerous books on theology and philosophy. Dr. Poythress is married and has two children.

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The mind of God

Would discovering a "God particle" bring us any closer to Him? | by Vern S. Poythress

"Vetra was on the cutting edge of particle physics," Kohler said. "He was starting to fuse science and religion . . . showing that they complement each other in most unanticipated ways."

—Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

In Dan Brown's thriller, Angels & Demons, the hero Robert Langdon observes the title of one of the books in Leonardo Vetra's library: The God Particle. The book actually exists and is in print. It was written by Leon Lederman, a Nobel laureate and particle physicist.

What Lederman calls "the God particle" is the Higgs boson, a subatomic particle that is postulated to exist, but (as of 2009) has not yet been detected. This particle has been postulated because, according to current physical theory, its interactions with other particles in the subatomic realm would offer some explanation of the masses of these particles. Finding it would be a spectacular confirmation of what has been called "the Standard Model" for explaining the realm of the smallest particles.

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