Particle Fever (2012)

Physicists are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time -- or perhaps their greatest failure.

Director:

Mark Levinson

Storyline

For nearly twenty years, physicists have been building the largest experiment in history, an experiment of such ambition and complexity that it has required the collaboration of 10,000 scientists from over 100 different countries. The Large Hadron Collider is a 17-mile ring buried beneath the countryside of Switzerland and France. Designed to smash trillions of protons together at nearly the speed of light, the LHC will recreate the extreme conditions that existed a fraction of a second after the Big Bang. The stakes are enormous. What the LHC reveals could change our understanding of everything. Failure could leave us in the dark for generations to come. The documentary feature, Particle Fever, captures this unfolding drama by focusing on the personal stories of several of its key figures - passionate, funny, brilliant spirits standing at the threshold of discovery. These modern adventurers have faced impossible technical challenges, risked careers, sacrificed personal relationships ...

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Plot Keywords:

physicist | particle physics | cern | big bang theory

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 November 2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Geneva, Canton de Genève, Switzerland

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anthos Media

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

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