DiscoverWhy This Universe?96 - The Making of Particle Fever (Ft. David Kaplan)
96 - The Making of Particle Fever (Ft. David Kaplan)

96 - The Making of Particle Fever (Ft. David Kaplan)

Update: 2025-11-24
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In the years leading up to the Large Hadron Collider turning on, the physics community was buzzing with curiosity and excitement about what they were about to discover. These moments were captured in the documentary Particle Fever, created by the particle physicist David Kaplan. On today's episode, he recounts these historic years from the perspective of both physicist and filmmaker.

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96 - The Making of Particle Fever (Ft. David Kaplan)

96 - The Making of Particle Fever (Ft. David Kaplan)

Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman