Small Things Considered
What small things? Elementary particles! The second of David Kestenbaum’s excellent report on CERN’s LHC aired yesterday on NPR’s All Things Considered. You can see what I said about the first part here, and the second part can be listened to on the NPR website here. There’s also more video, extra audio, and a transcript.
(Image: The seven story tall Atlas detector at the LHC. (photo: Serge Bellegarde))
The focus on this one broadens out to marvel at the sheer scale of the experiment as a civil engineering feat, and also as a feat of human cooperation (consider the many countries, languages, different people, etc, who are collaborating to make this happen). It’s great to hear the many voices of the various scientists he talks to.
(It’s also great, on a personal note, to hear Jim Virdee (the CMS spokesperson) […] Click to continue reading this post
