Particle physics isn't the future of physics.  It is a dull backwater, with no major discoveries for several decades (finding the Higgs, predicted 60 years ago, isn't a discovery).  Only its practitioners puff it.The future is probably in condensed matter and quantum physics, where discoveries are being made.  Most of it is done with tabletop experiments costing a million dollars or less.  The age of multi-billion dollar experiments is over---no science experiment is worth that.Jonathan KatzProfessor of PhysicsWashington UniversitySt. Louis, Mo.

Particle physics isn't the future of physics.  It is a dull backwater, with no major discoveries for several decades (finding the Higgs, predicted 60 years ago, isn't a discovery).  Only its practitioners puff it.The future is probably in condensed matter and quantum physics, where discoveries are being made.  Most of it is done with tabletop experiments costing a million dollars or less.  The age of multi-billion dollar experiments is over---no science experiment is worth that.Jonathan KatzProfessor of PhysicsWashington UniversitySt. Louis, Mo.

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