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GoldfarbMedia-20151023e457

Author(s): Goldfarb, Steven, University of Melbourne (AU)

Contact: info-ippog@cern.ch

Submitted by: fabiola.cacciatore@cern.ch

Published: December 1, 2022

GoldfarbMedia-20151023e457

A Question of Survival: Why We Hunted the Higgs (TEDxTUM)

This presentation was given at TEDxTUM 2015 in front of a large public audience and was recorded and published on the TEDxTUM site, as well as on their YouTube channel. It attempts to answer the question of why we do basic research by describing it as a necessary facet of human survival.

Languages

Topics

Matter, Particles and the Universe (Known Physics)
Particles and Their Interactions
Particles and Their Interactions
Cosmology
Higgs
Antimatter
Exploring the Unknown (Beyond Known Physics)
Extra Dimensions
Technologies and Experiments
Accelerators
Detectors

School Topics

Nature of science
Scientific inquiry and reasoning
Measurements and uncertainties
Measurements
Matter
Structure of matter
Mass
Charges and fundamental interactions

Keywords

atlas, CMS, LHC, CERN, Physics, Science, Human Survival, Outreach, Education, TED, Politics

Online use

Yes

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