Particle Fever: Where Ideas Come To Life

John M. Barry's ///The Great Influenza///, about the 1918 flu epidemic, explains how as well as why scientists commit to their calling. By the end of the excerpt, Barry, through his words, bases the nature of scientific research on uncertainty, which requires diligence, risk, and exploration out of exceptional scientists. Using rhetorical strategies, Barry characterizes scientific research as mysterious and dangerous, a research done by scientists who are pioneers, in a figurative sense.

A new exhibition on the sciences and their impact is opening. These exhibits will range from the very beginnings of modern science up to the modern day. But five star exhibits will be displayed in prominence for their impact shaped the course of science. First is John Snow who revolutionized the way medicine was conducted. Secondly there is Isaac Newton, who is dubbed the father of the scientific revolution. Next is Albert Einstein’s famous equation E=mc² which in many ways shaped not only science but military and politics. Rachel Carson is the next prominent exhibit for her influence on agriculture and her influence on the historical perspective of science. Lastly we have Adam Gopnik, though not a scientist himself, he has given great insight

He portrays scientific research as dangerous by declaring that a “single step can also take one of a cliff.” This further emphasizes the courage prerequisite to scientists and hearkens back to the fear of the unknown. The fact that all of one’s work may be dashed into pieces by a single finding in the laboratory conveys the tenacity of researchers. Barry’s description of the process by which a scientist decides which “tools” are appropriate to the task at hand, exemplifies the tedious and often inglorious labor involved in most scientific research. Barry finally predicts that if a scientist is successful a “flood” of colleagues and others will “pave roads” over the paths so painstakingly laid, taking one within minutes to the very place the scientist spent so long searching for. This suggests that in the wake of major discovery, the actual pioneer of this breakthrough may be forgotten. Countless researchers have made valuable contributions to the human understanding of the world, and faded into obscurity over the course of the history of science. Barry’s conceit conveys the fact that, like exploring uncharted wilderness, scientific research can be both treacherous and thankless, but all the more noble for

This essay will explore the varied criteria attached to the definition of Big Science. With such a vast array of opinions on the subject, an attempt will be made to simplify and rationalise a specific definition. Examples of The Manhattan Project and the research conducted at CERN will be investigated to this end, and the former will be examined for its perceived effect on Big Science.

Firstly, according to Bucchi, M (2008), in the continuity model of science communication, the science is slowly and continually moving from expert areas to the public scientific communities and the popular level in the end. However, in the science information movement process, information can be “transformed” as it moves from levels to levels. Take the study about the effects of level of flappin on chocolate during pregnancy as an example. This example was mentioned by Oliver in the video. For this study, the results showed that there was no difference founded, however, when it came to television, the study results has totally changed. Based on this example, we can see that after scientists publishing their studies, the information or study results can be largely changed when they are transmitting from stage to stage. Secondly, the researchers and TV producers will choose and manipulate particular kinds of science study to broadcast according to the feedback from audiences, and the problem is they oversimplified the science. This could also mislead the

Documentaries have always contained point of view and persuasion. The art of documentaries is manipulation of an audience for a purpose, as John Greison says “documentary film is the creative treatment of actuality”. The first documentary “Home of the Blizzard” was created in 1913 by Frank Hurley Productions. It was the world's first insight of experiences through a screen. In 1922, the first successful documentary, Nanook of the North, was documented by Robert J. Flaherty, though the black and white reel film caused a lot of controversy for portraying staged events as reality. Nanook of the North was published for the purpose of persuasion, conveying the directors view of the eskimo life by voice over narration, using a Bell & Howell camera,

Particle fever is movie about a single experiment, which lasted 19 long years and consisted of 10,000 hardworking and dedicated scientist. The whole experiment was to find a particle called the Higgs Boson. The Higgs Boson was a particle that most scientist thought held all things of the world together, to prove this theory that they had made the scientist had to conduct a thorough experiment.

scientists as they are inspired to reveal the unknown secret of the universe. Through the analysis of

My waking brother preparing for work, the only clue that it was seven o’clock already. By this time, I would have made a two hour dent into the endless amount of material and educational videos about science, from recent discoveries and ideas such as the limitless potential of metallic hydrogen, and proposed and conducted treatments for harmful algal bloom in our own Great Lakes to the history of setups and labs that have led to the foundation of knowledge that is studied in school such as the experimentation which led to Sanger

Scientific research is always evolving, constantly progressing, improving and being modernised in order to reflect changes in social and cultural morals and values as well as to adjust to the relevant issues in the current society.

However, science must not be in the having mode, but rather it must be humble to avoid overconsumption and eventual catastrophe. The purpose of science is to learn and to become better citizens of the world (or to become one with the world). However,

Particles are a very important part of this world. From the particles that make up all the humans in the world to the particles that make up the clothes we wear. Particles define the world we live in and everything we know about it. From the behavior of particles, scientists can determine many things about the world and the way it works.

In the documentary, they uses various commentaries from scientists, professors, authors, and narrator to give more insight on Einstein. These commentaries give background information on Einstein and simpler explanations to give the viewer a better understanding of his ideas. For example, Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist explains how Einstein first came up with the idea for his theory of general relativity. Kaku states, “In the Spring of 1905, Einstein was riding on a bus, and he looked back at the famous clock tower that dominates Bern, Switzerland, and then he imagined what happens if that bus were racing near the speed of light?” The narrator then follows up with a simplified explanation. What Einstein saw was that as he approaches the speed of light, time slows down. Because he is moving at the same speed as light, the light reflecting from

The observation of nature and the formulation of a hypothesis is the back bone of many scientific experiments today. This allows for many observers or scientists to product a conclusion based on statistical results of the phenomenal (SOURCE). The result of the scientific method has produced much technological advancement and has solved many practical problems (Bocking, 2006). Many inventions by science has given power to scientist and their work, this “authority of science” as Bocking (2006) describes it, allows power to reside in science and allows for it to be trustworthy enough to be part of many political decisions. This authority has placed a status on science as a provider of reliable knowledge (Bocking, 2006). In many

The public needs scientist to create a bridge between the scientific world and the communities. Scientist work for the community, for the people, the common good, and people are supposed to feel a level