Here are some video clips of talks that I have given to a public audience (with more to come!)
- A Ring of Truth: Seeking Answers to Big Questions at the Large Hadron Collider (Secret Science Club, Brooklyn, NY, March 16, 2011)
- Excerpt 1 (6 mins.) Find out why the Higgs is often called “The God Particle”, and what a “Field” is.
- Excerpt 2 (7 mins.) Find out why you do care about the Higgs field, and how to make and detect Z particles.
- Excerpt 3 (8 mins.) Learn how to find the Higgs particle!
- Q&A excerpts (10 mins.) An assortment of excellent questions and sometimes good answers.
Here’s an hour-long on-line radio interview about the Large Hadron Collider, with me as interviewee, and well-known science writer, documentary film-maker and MIT professor Tom Levenson as interviewer:
Here’s a one and a half hour panel discussion (from the March 2012 SEARCH workshop) that is at a professional level, so not much of it is really layperson-friendly. But some of you may find it interesting to hear theoretical particle physicists reacting to this very interesting moment: when the data from the Large Hadron Collider is enough to hint at a Higgs particle but is insufficient for convincing evidence. In my post from May 4th, 2012 you’ll find suggestions on what you might find most worth listening to, and a glossary to help you with a bit of the jargon.
- SEARCH workshop panel discussion (University of Maryland, March 18, 2012)
Nice Talks !
How come your picture changed? (there was no red light glare thingy last time)
Great talks – thanks
Very nice. Could we expect more of these, perhaps even a whole lecture?
Unfortunately, taking raw video and combining it with powerpoint slides into something really workable is expensive and time consuming. [For scale -- To do the three main clips shown here is of order ~$1000 and eight hours working with professional editors.] If there is enough demand, I can do it, maybe late this year, but I’ll need to find a way to cover costs. No rush since I don’t have time this winter anyway…
I agree with what I said below.. /
Maybe there is an easy way to cover costs. Maybe you could try it with http://www.kickstarter.com/ . I’m sure the guys there will love to fund your videos!
I think kickstarter is a great idea. I for one would love to watch the entire Bell House lecture (or a lecture covering comparable material) and imagine that you could easily get 200 people to pledge $5 to cover recording / production costs. Just to show plausibility:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kirby/this-is-not-a-conspiracy-theory?ref=category
Dear Prof. Matt,
It should NOT cost you $1000 for only that much power point stuff!
Who ever charged you that is ripping you off! Plus the animation was terrible!
I have had stuff far greater done only for a dollar. but then again I live in a third world country …..
It was a lot more complex than you think. The powerpoint and animations were free (I did them myself, which explains the quality) but the filming and editing (of which there was a great deal) were not free. Why? Because NYC is expensive…
I see. Stuff does tend to be far costlier elsewhere but still the movie editing could have been done by yourself, of course you’d have to buy a camera and learn how to use all those newfangled picture and movie software operation …. Ya I guess you’re right it’s better what you did but you should learn how to do that stuff yourself it’ll save you money while nourishing our brains
I see you don’t take donations hence you must save your money for any babies or grand kids (if you have them.) nevertheless I still think you could have done a better job at the animations a cloud doesn’t do a good representation of a higgs field.
PS when can we expect future video releases?
I have Adobe Premiere 5.5 (and After Effects, etc.). Combining text and video for 5-10 minute films is not that difficult. I would do it for nothing. Filming is another matter — You would need to come out here to Colorado where our RED One and Epic Camera are.
how can I found lecture about higgs boson theory as power point .
How much science and math background do you currently have? This is very technical stuff.