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Putting the Higgs Boson in its Place

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Science in Society
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Professor Melissa Franklin talks about her experiences working towards the discovery of the Higgs Boson and her work today at the Large Hadron Collider
This entertaining lecture by experimental particle physicist, Professor Melissa Franklin (the first woman to achieve tenure in the Harvard Physics Department), is the latest in the Charles Simonyi annual lecture series. This series was set up in 1999 in order to promote the public understanding of Science

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Science in Society
People
Melissa Franklin
Marcus du Sautoy
Keywords
Higgs Boson
simonyi
oxford playhouse
Physics
theoretical physics
Department: Department for Continuing Education
Date Added: 18/11/2016
Duration: 00:51:22

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