This video is a great, comprehensive study of the largest particle reactor that was never built. It's about how huge cost overruns and politics got in the way of the largest physics experiment...
This video is a great, comprehensive study of the largest particle reactor that was never built. It's about how huge cost overruns and politics got in the way of the largest physics experiment ever devised at the time. Unsurpassed until the LHC at CERN, the SSC could have led the world in nuclear physics research, until it didn't.
Fascinating! I wrote my dissertation on the so called J/psi polarization measured at CERN. We all knew about the history of the SSC, but I had no idea the level of politics, sectarianism and...
Fascinating!
I wrote my dissertation on the so called J/psi polarization measured at CERN. We all knew about the history of the SSC, but I had no idea the level of politics, sectarianism and infighting involved. I can't help but mourn the fate of the SSC - while its creation would've cancelled the LHC (LHC's max energy, reached only after 10 years of operation is 14TeV compared to SSC's 40), I think we would all be further along in our understanding of fundamental particle physics.
A large part of the reason for the eventual unpopularity of the SSC was the public (and even other scientists) perception that there are no applicable uses for this research. I'm practice, CERN is responsible for many advances in detector physics which led to modern imaging machines, cancer hadron therapy (i.e. yes, protons used for medical treatment), the world wide web, cloud computing and even archeology. And that's nothing of the potential future impact of fundamental physics research. When Thomson discovered the electron he called it his most useless discovery. Look at us now.
I love Bobby Broccoli's videos! He is for physics what Jon Bois is for sports; a similar editing style, yes, but also a similarly subtle focus on progressive themes that's pretty interesting. This...
I love Bobby Broccoli's videos! He is for physics what Jon Bois is for sports; a similar editing style, yes, but also a similarly subtle focus on progressive themes that's pretty interesting. This video is I think his longest? And I'm not really a science-y person but I was engaged throughout and learned a lot. It's as much as exploration of the politics and bureaucracy of large-scale scientific projects as it is the underlying physics.
This video is a great, comprehensive study of the largest particle reactor that was never built. It's about how huge cost overruns and politics got in the way of the largest physics experiment ever devised at the time. Unsurpassed until the LHC at CERN, the SSC could have led the world in nuclear physics research, until it didn't.
Fascinating!
I wrote my dissertation on the so called J/psi polarization measured at CERN. We all knew about the history of the SSC, but I had no idea the level of politics, sectarianism and infighting involved. I can't help but mourn the fate of the SSC - while its creation would've cancelled the LHC (LHC's max energy, reached only after 10 years of operation is 14TeV compared to SSC's 40), I think we would all be further along in our understanding of fundamental particle physics.
A large part of the reason for the eventual unpopularity of the SSC was the public (and even other scientists) perception that there are no applicable uses for this research. I'm practice, CERN is responsible for many advances in detector physics which led to modern imaging machines, cancer hadron therapy (i.e. yes, protons used for medical treatment), the world wide web, cloud computing and even archeology. And that's nothing of the potential future impact of fundamental physics research. When Thomson discovered the electron he called it his most useless discovery. Look at us now.
I love Bobby Broccoli's videos! He is for physics what Jon Bois is for sports; a similar editing style, yes, but also a similarly subtle focus on progressive themes that's pretty interesting. This video is I think his longest? And I'm not really a science-y person but I was engaged throughout and learned a lot. It's as much as exploration of the politics and bureaucracy of large-scale scientific projects as it is the underlying physics.
I love finding new YouTubers to watch that do a docu-style video on a topic I haven't noticed before.