Is 'Higgs Boson' called the 'God Particle' because of a book by Leon Lederman? Why is 'Higgs Boson' called the 'God Particle'? According to Forbes > The name was the invention of Leon Lederman, himself a great physicist, who used it as the title of a popular book in 1993. Is this actually true? Or is there any reason for the particle to be named like that?

They named it the God Particle because in the book, _The God Particle: If the Universe is the Answer, What is the Question?_ , the publisher wouldn't allow them to call it the Goddamn particle. They called it this because of its villainous nature and the expense it is causing. And two, there is a connection, of sorts, to another book, a much older one... Referring to the book of Geneses from the Bible. Reference: <