Found 20 - 30 results of 33 programs matching keyword "atomic physics" |
Doctor Atomic: Science, Music, & Morals Part II (Podcast)
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A discussion about the artistic, scientific, and moral interpretations of J. Robert Oppenheimer and his legacy as the father of the atomic bomb. Composer John Adams and librettist Peter Sellars of the Doctor Atomic opera are joined by Richard Rhodes, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Kip Cranna, musical administrator at the San Francisco Opera, moderates.
Project: Doctor Atomic | Browse All
Date: September 13, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Art, History, Physics
Keywords: j. robert oppenheimer, atomic bomb, manhattan project, san francisco opera, nagasaki, los alomos, opera commentary, nuclear reaction, plutonium, implosion, nuclear fission, leslie groves, edward teller, composing, cold war
Project: Doctor Atomic | Browse All
Date: September 13, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Art, History, Physics
Keywords: j. robert oppenheimer, atomic bomb, manhattan project, san francisco opera, nagasaki, los alomos, opera commentary, nuclear reaction, plutonium, implosion, nuclear fission, leslie groves, edward teller, composing, cold war
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The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity: The Existence of Atoms (Webcast)
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Using a simple ball-bearing model, Exploratorium Senior Scientist Dr. Paul Doherty demonstrates Brownian Motion and explains how it proves the existence of atoms.
Project: The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity | Browse All
Date: August 5, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: brownian motion floor exhibit video, atoms and particles, atomic theory, scanning tunneling microscope explanation
Project: The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity | Browse All
Date: August 5, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: brownian motion floor exhibit video, atoms and particles, atomic theory, scanning tunneling microscope explanation
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Origins: CERN: Scientists Make Antimatter! (Webcast)
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00:25:16
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Cold anti-hydrogen atoms have been made, stored, and detected for the first time at ATHENA! We talked to the ATHENA team about this groundbreaking, historic event in particle physics and learned what's next.
Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All
Date: September 20, 2002
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: athena experiment, atoms and particles, matter and anit-matter, antiprotons, positrons, antihydrogen production, particle accelerator, antihydrogen spectrosopy, magnetic trap, atomic transition frequencies, negative mass, charged particle detector, antihydrogen colle
Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All
Date: September 20, 2002
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: athena experiment, atoms and particles, matter and anit-matter, antiprotons, positrons, antihydrogen production, particle accelerator, antihydrogen spectrosopy, magnetic trap, atomic transition frequencies, negative mass, charged particle detector, antihydrogen colle
| Real: 256K |
Origins: Antarctica: AMANDA Neutrinos with Noel (Webcast)
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0:36:46
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Join the Origins team as they travel to Antarctica. We sent Mary, Noel, Paul, and Julie to explore scientific wonders from McMurdo to the Pole. Learn all about the extreme science being conducted at the South Pole in a daily dispatch from Terra Australis Incognita!
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: January 4, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: subatomic particles, atomic physics, particle physics, protons, particle accelerators, neutral particels, electrically charged particles, bubble chambers, cloud chambers, neutrinos, neutrino detection, particle traces, particle tracks, amanda project, high energy neut
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: January 4, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: subatomic particles, atomic physics, particle physics, protons, particle accelerators, neutral particels, electrically charged particles, bubble chambers, cloud chambers, neutrinos, neutrino detection, particle traces, particle tracks, amanda project, high energy neut
| Real: 80K |
Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Neutrinos 101 (Webcast)
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0:24:35
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In this webcast, we talk to Exploratorium staff particle physicist, Thomas Humphrey, about neutrinos
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 19, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: subatomic particles, atomic physics, particle physics, protons, pool ball analolgy for particles, particle accelerators, neutral particels, electrically charged particles, bubble chambers, cloud chambers, neutrinos, neutrino detection, particle traces, particle tracks
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 19, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: subatomic particles, atomic physics, particle physics, protons, pool ball analolgy for particles, particle accelerators, neutral particels, electrically charged particles, bubble chambers, cloud chambers, neutrinos, neutrino detection, particle traces, particle tracks
| Real: 80K |
Origins: CERN: The Mystery of the Higgs Boson (Webcast)
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0:49:06
0:49:06
What if we did contact another intelligent life form in the universe? What should we say? What traits best represent our humanity? Douglas Vakoch, the SETI Institute’s Director of Interstellar Message Composition, is working with scientists, artists, linguists, composers, and others to imagine how to speak for our planet.
Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All
Date: November 19, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: higgs boson particle, cern, mystery of universe, particle physics, standard model, dectector
Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All
Date: November 19, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: higgs boson particle, cern, mystery of universe, particle physics, standard model, dectector
Origins: CERN: The Quest for the Higgs Boson (Webcast)
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0:55:19
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What does it mean to find the Higgs Boson at CERN? Hear how this elusive particle could change our understanding of physics.
Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All
Date: November 19, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: particle accelerator, european consortium for nuclear research, subatomic particles, neutrons, quarks, live@cern, particle physics, positrons, anti-electrons, high energy physics, antiparticles, antihydrogen, particle production, particle evidence, particle collisions,
Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All
Date: November 19, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: particle accelerator, european consortium for nuclear research, subatomic particles, neutrons, quarks, live@cern, particle physics, positrons, anti-electrons, high energy physics, antiparticles, antihydrogen, particle production, particle evidence, particle collisions,
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Origins: CERN: Antimatter: The Cool Tour (Webcast)
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0:58:28
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The Exploratorium's Senior Scientist Tom Humphrey takes you around the Antiproton Decelerator, from beam pipes to antihydrogen traps.
Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2000
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: cern, antimatter, particle physics, antiproton decelerator, tom humphrey
Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2000
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: cern, antimatter, particle physics, antiproton decelerator, tom humphrey
Origins: CERN: The Antimatter Factory (Webcast)
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1:09:59
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Follow CERN's Mission Impossible team as they race against the clock to collect all they need to bring antihydrogen back to CERN's webcast headquarters.
Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: particle accelerator, european consortium for nuclear research, subatomic particles, neutrons, quarks, live@cern, particle physics, positrons, anti-electrons, high energy physics, antiparticles, antihydrogen, particle production, particle evidence, particle collisions,
Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: particle accelerator, european consortium for nuclear research, subatomic particles, neutrons, quarks, live@cern, particle physics, positrons, anti-electrons, high energy physics, antiparticles, antihydrogen, particle production, particle evidence, particle collisions,
| Real: 34K |
Origins: CERN: Exotic Atoms and Antihydrogen: Three Cool Experiments in the AD, Part I (Webcast)
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0:41:28
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Scientists at CERN in Switzerland explain to the Exploratorium's San Francisco audience why preparing for antimatter experiments is like arranging a marriage.
Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All
Date: November 12, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: particle accelerator, european consortium for nuclear research, subatomic particles, neutrons, quarks, live@cern, particle physics, positrons, anti-electrons, high energy physics, antiparticles, antihydrogen, particle production, particle evidence, particle collisions,
Project: Origins: CERN | Browse All
Date: November 12, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: particle accelerator, european consortium for nuclear research, subatomic particles, neutrons, quarks, live@cern, particle physics, positrons, anti-electrons, high energy physics, antiparticles, antihydrogen, particle production, particle evidence, particle collisions,
| Real: 34K |
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