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Putting the Higgs Boson in its Place

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The Secrets of Mathematics
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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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The Secrets of Mathematics
People
Melissa Franklin
Marcus du Sautoy
Keywords
Higgs Boson
simonyi
oxford playhouse
Department: Mathematical Institute
Date Added: 16/11/2015
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