By 
Brian Cox
 | 
TED Stage Talk

CERN's supercollider

"Rock-star physicist" Brian Cox talks about his work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Discussing the biggest of big science in an engaging, accessible way, Cox brings us along on a tour of the massive project.

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string theory
big bang
education
physics
science
technology
quantum
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