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The Matter of Everything, with Suzie Sheehy

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Most Beautiful Experiment in Physics

Some people think that Dirac's equation is the most beautiful equation in all of physics. As an experimentalist, do you have a favorite experiment? I'm going to say the cloud chamber. This was developed in the early 1900s by a physicist named CTL Wilson. He invented this chamber originally to study clouds and the interaction of light and electricity in the atmosphere.

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