Full Idea
The electron gets its mass by interaction with the ubiquitous Higgs field.
Gist of Idea
Electrons get their mass by interaction with the Higgs field
Source
Frank Close (Theories of Everything [2017], 6 'Hierarchy')
A Reaction
I thought I understood mass until I read this. Is it just wrong to say the mass of a table is the 'amount of stuff' in it?
Book Reference
Close,Frank: 'Theories of Everything' [Profile Books 2017], p.112