A still from the film Particle Fever, which will be screening in the Main Auditorium on Tuesday 10 December (Image: Particle Fever)
On Tuesday 10 December at 7.30pm, there will be a special screening of the documentary Particle Fever in the Main Auditorium (Building 500) at CERN for CERN badge holders. Come along after work to check it out.
"Imagine being able to watch as Edison turned on the first light bulb, or as Franklin received his first jolt of electricity. For the first time, a film gives audiences a front row seat to our generation’s most significant and inspiring scientific breakthrough as it happens. Particle Fever follows six brilliant scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of the planet, pushing the edge of human innovation.
As they seek to unravel the mysteries of the universe, 10,000 scientists from more than 100 countries joined forces in pursuit of a single goal: to recreate conditions that existed just moments after the big bang and find the Higgs boson, potentially explaining the origin of all matter. But our heroes confront an even bigger challenge: have we reached our limit in understanding why we exist?
Directed by Mark Levinson, a physicist turned filmmaker, and edited by Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient), Particle Fever is a celebration of discovery, revealing the very human stories behind this epic machine."
- From Particle Fever press pack
Particle Fever is screening at 7.30pm on Tuesday 10 December in the CERN Auditorium. Runtime: 99 minutes. Please note this screening is for CERN badge holders.