Learning on ScreenSix Billion Dollar Experiment
- Synopsis
- This film looks at the work of the CERN institute in Geneva, where scientists are engaged in experimental research that aims to recreate the conditions present at the first moments of the universe by forcing sub-atomic particles to crash into each other at the speed of light in order to discover, in the resultant debris, the particles that were present at the beginning of time.
- Series
- Horizon, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2007
- Notes
- First shown on BBC2
- Subjects
- Physics
- Keywords
- CERN; cosmology; particle physics; quantum physics; Large Hadron Collider
Credits
- Producer
- James van der Pool
- Editor
- Andrew Cohen
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £195.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 50 minutes
- Year
- 2012
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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