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Danny Jones Podcast

#67 - Finding the 'God Particle' | Mark Levinson

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones

Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

4.4777 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2020

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Summary

Mark Levinson is a trained particle physicist, getting a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, before going to Hollywood as a sound editor on films like “The English Patient” and “The Talented Mr. Ripley", "Se7en" & "House of Cards”. He is also the director of the documentary film "Particle Fever" which tells the story of the experimental discovery of the Higgs boson. The film covers the scientific process and the scientists behind the research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.1

Hello, world.

0:28.9

Today my guest is Mark Levinson.

0:31.7

Mark is a trained particle physicist who got his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley,

0:37.1

before going to Hollywood

0:38.1

as a sound editor on films like The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, the movie

0:43.3

Seven, and House of Cards.

0:45.8

On this podcast, we talked about his documentary Particle Fever, where Mark tells a story of

0:51.0

the experimental discovery of the Higgs boson.

0:54.9

The film covers the scientific process and the scientists behind the research with the

0:59.3

Large Hadron Collider, which is the billion dollar piece of machinery in Switzerland

1:04.5

that basically collides and smashes atoms together and shit like that.

1:13.5

The film covers a scientific process

1:15.0

and the actual scientists behind the research

1:18.2

and it documents the first time

1:20.4

to discover the Higgs boson.

1:22.0

So without further ado,

1:24.6

please welcome the amazing Mark Levinson.

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