Please send me E-mail, dow@ubpheno.physics.buffalo.edu, no later than Friday, January 20, 2006, 2 pm, with your thoughts on:

1. How did you get interested in particle physics ?

2. What comes immediately into your mind when thinking about particle physics ?

3. Suggested reading: "Appetizers"
Beyond the Standard Model
the search for extra dimensions

Have you ever heard about the Standard Model of Particle Physics and the Higgs boson before ? How about the idea that there might be more than three space dimensions ?