Higgs boson and Babbage’s Analytical Engine: what they have in common

1. Step 1. Higgs boson — uses — Large Hadron Collider. Discovered at the LHC.
2. Step 2. Large Hadron Collider — evolved from — Cyclotron. Ring accelerators.
3. Step 3. Cyclotron — has part — Electromagnet. A magnet.
4. Step 4. Electromagnet — is part of — Relay. An electromagnet switches the contacts.
5. Step 5. Relay — is part of — Harvard Mark I. The Mark I was electromechanical, built from relays.
6. Step 6. Harvard Mark I — was inspired by — Babbage’s Analytical Engine. Howard Aiken named Babbage’s work as the source of his idea.

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