the funny thing is that Higgs was only one of five or six physicists working in a few groups that published papers postulating the existence of this particle essentially independently of each other
funnier still is the fact that the name higgs boson came around because another scientist later quoted his paper first when writing on the subject , wrongly thinking higgs's was the first paper on it. This is relatively well known among physicists working in the area
Now, I wonder how does Higgs (person/not boson) go through life? does he keep telling people (reporters) the whole story when they first meet him equivocations and all, or does he just keep quiet and thinks shit i am tired of telling the full story over and over, or.....?
what would you do in his shoes?