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Discovering the Large Hadron Collider

Can you really make complex physics such as Higgs Boson accessible to a general audience? And, how a simple Ukrainian piano Tweet by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Steve Rosenberg captivated listeners

The Discovery programme recently returned to the Large Hadron Collider under the Swiss-French border, 10 years after the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle. But can you really make complex physics accessible to a general audience? The show’s presenter and series producer Roland Pease answers your questions. Plus, how a simple Ukrainian piano Tweet by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Steve Rosenberg in Moscow captivated listeners.

Presenter: Rajan Datar.
Producer: Howard Shannon
A Whistledown production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service

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