In this third episode, Fabiola Gianotti, physicist and director of Cern, reminds us that all the challenges of today’s world need science.
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The team: Charlotte Baris (presentation and writing), Jules Krot (editing and direction)
Music and dressing: Emmanuel Herschon/Studio Torrent
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Charlotte Row : To start this episode, I would like to introduce you to the personality who will accompany us today. Her name is Fabiola Gianotti. You may not know her, but she is one of the most recognized scientists at the moment. Fabiola Gianotti is one of those who discovered the Higgs boson.
I am not going to go into the details of this mechanism, for that I lack some knowledge of physics, but know that it is major: this particle helps to explain why certain elements have mass and others do not. don’t have. And therefore to understand how stars, planets and life could emerge.
All this was theory until 2012 and the observation of the Higgs boson at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. And Fabiola Gianotti is precisely the first woman to direct this laboratory.
Now I know what you are going to ask me: what is the relationship between CERN, the Higgs boson and the tensions that cross our world? In this episode, we will explain to you that in these turbulent times, we need science more than ever.
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