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CERN's supercollider - Brian Cox

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"Rock-star physicist" Brian Cox talks about his work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Discussing the biggest of big science in an engaging and accessible way, Cox brings us along on a tour of the massive project.

In this TED talk, Brian Cox quotes Ernest Rutherford, the discoverer of the atomic nucleus, who once said: “All science is either physics or stamp collecting.” What did Rutherford mean, and do you agree?

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