Talking about the Higgs Boson - Sixty Symbols

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  • Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
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    More from our recent chat with cosmologist Sean Carroll. His book about the Higgs Boson is called The Particle at the End of Universe. Check his website for more: preposterousuniverse.com/
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  • @tonysouter8095
    @tonysouter8095 7 лет назад +119

    For training academics, I use Sean Carroll as the gold standard for science communication. He makes his listeners feel so good about themselves. The smile in his voice, on his talking mouth, conveys his utter joy at the science. It's inspiring.

  • @Xasperato
    @Xasperato 8 лет назад +317

    He's a smooth speaker.

    • @yaribsuarez8725
      @yaribsuarez8725 8 лет назад +1

      yeah

    • @jeanqnguyen4542
      @jeanqnguyen4542 6 лет назад +3

      Yup smooth operator, aren’t we suckers for geekazoids ...I think 😍I’m in love

    • @Fahumsixtysix
      @Fahumsixtysix 6 лет назад +1

      That's Americans for you ;)

    • @lostindixie
      @lostindixie 4 года назад +1

      His side gig is doing voice overs for commercials. Pays the bills for his science hobbies.

    • @saleplains
      @saleplains 3 года назад

      look up "the great courses" its a series of audio lectures available on audible he did a couple its basically hours and hours of this. hes an excellent lecturer makes the most complicated stuff comprehensible

  • @mayamoimayamoi5215
    @mayamoimayamoi5215 10 лет назад +86

    Wonderful. So nice to hear an interviewer asking just the right questions and I could listen to Sean answer them all day. love this

  • @Zubzub343
    @Zubzub343 10 лет назад +193

    This guy is one of the best I've ever seen on RUclips videos explaining things.

    • @imadgibbs9063
      @imadgibbs9063 10 лет назад +11

      He's definitely up there with Neil Degrasse, Feynman and Sagan.

    • @paulmichaelfreedman8334
      @paulmichaelfreedman8334 9 лет назад +29

      And not a single Uhhh, or Ahhh to be heard.
      Excellent speaker. Excellent.

    • @nickeshchauhan5661
      @nickeshchauhan5661 9 лет назад +10

      Paul Freedman Sorry, 11:39. But I agree, he's a great communicator and incredibly smart.

    • @masondodd7252
      @masondodd7252 9 лет назад +3

      Zubzub343 he's extremely engaging. Couldn't imagine having someone like that for a professor

    • @TomLeg
      @TomLeg 7 лет назад +1

      11:04

  • @TheMasonX23
    @TheMasonX23 8 лет назад +154

    Brady is planning to either outlive or outright murder Sean...

    • @Vitringur
      @Vitringur 7 лет назад +7

      It will probably look like an accident

  • @WeeWeeJumbo
    @WeeWeeJumbo 8 лет назад +41

    Such a poised speaker

  • @stureeks6594
    @stureeks6594 7 лет назад +19

    A simply beautiful lay explanation of Higgs and the importance of fields. The pair of pianos analogy, in particular, was fantastic. Thank you all for taking the time to make to make these videos. They are a credit to science and journalism. Now, more on fields please.

  • @RimstarOrg
    @RimstarOrg 11 лет назад +12

    Does anyone else think Brady's really worried about what he's going to miss out on 60 or 70 years from now? Can't say I blame him though.

  • @0xCAFEF00D
    @0xCAFEF00D 7 лет назад +15

    I really like Sean's explanation. We need more of him.

  • @tadizzleh2109
    @tadizzleh2109 8 лет назад +41

    Inspiring video. I'm stuck in undergraduate Physics and these talks inspire me to keep going.

    • @errmoc5682
      @errmoc5682 7 лет назад +3

      i would consider yourself very fortunate :)

    • @merlinthegreat100
      @merlinthegreat100 7 лет назад +3

      tadizzle h I'm about to join you. Read Black Holes & Time Warps , it inspired me even more. Our duty is to explain and understand the universe to the best of our ability

  • @bananamaniac2
    @bananamaniac2 9 лет назад +56

    I like this guy.

  • @RichardvsHimself
    @RichardvsHimself 11 лет назад +2

    I swear Brady you manage to come up with some of the most interesting questions when interviewing your subjects - like the question at the end about not being able to see future experiments or tell past scientists your current discoveries - part of why I think you're such a good documentary film maker

  • @DrDress
    @DrDress 7 лет назад +11

    4:47 "a little bit of detective work" that's quite the understatement :-)

  • @GerSHAK
    @GerSHAK 8 лет назад +46

    I only recently got into Sixty Symbols, and I'm quite astonished to find out that Gilderoy Lockhart is now a particle physicist??

  • @brendanbramman
    @brendanbramman 11 лет назад

    I feel like this video helped to clarify this topic better than any others I've watched, and I've watched so many trying to understand it. Thanks a lot Brady!

  • @duositex
    @duositex 11 лет назад

    Fantastic video Brady and Sean. Beautiful encapsulation of mortality vs. the immortality of knowledge.

  • @Kitsua
    @Kitsua 11 лет назад +1

    I really like how Sean Carroll explains things. Aside from being very knowledgable and lucid, he has a particularly mellifluous voice.

  • @superhacker35
    @superhacker35 4 года назад

    This extremely fundamental description of the 4 Elements that explain the entire universe is exactly what I have been looking for since days! thanks

  • @PlastikGUbilationz
    @PlastikGUbilationz 11 лет назад

    THANK YOU Brady for such a heart-warming and soul-stirring video about scientific motivation!!! It's just so gratuitous to know there are people out there who are so dedicated to, what i like to call, humanity's fundamental destiny as intelligent beings; especially after having to put up with life's bs like politics, popular media etc. This channel is truly something special!

  • @bigguix
    @bigguix 6 лет назад

    Such a wonderful way to end the interview. I'm struggling everyday with the fact that I just have this one little slice of time to interact with the world and that I will never be able to experience what was or what will be... The way he puts it comforts me and will help me get rid of that never-ending melancholy of the only-1-life constat.

  • @PositronsPlay
    @PositronsPlay 11 лет назад +1

    I started reading his book about a week ago, and am so happy to see this video!

  • @Nehmo
    @Nehmo 6 лет назад +23

    I'm 63 (born 1954), and I believe the main questions of the universe were answered in my lifetime. I witnessed the rise of dark matter, the settlement of the debate over the dinosaur extinction, the discovery that the universe is accelerating in its expansion, the discrete transistor to integrated circuit evolution, the advent of human space travel, the move from prop to jet engines on planes, the development of GPS, cell phones, the understanding that protons and neutrons are composed of quarks and gluons, the confirmation of the Higgs field, the discovery of quantum entanglement, the internet...
    But people of all times thought they were special. Am I just suckered by my perspective? My father (who had his kids late in life and was born 1902) could claim in his lifetime there was special relativity, general relativity, the discovery of the atomic nucleus, the discovery of galaxies beyond our own, the beginnings of the electronic revolution, two world wars, atomic energy, antibiotics, etc…I've considered that, and still, I conclude my lifetime is special. Indeed, I’ve got my father beat. But what’s next? It's hard to envision how the next generations can keep up the pace of advancement.

    • @AK-yy6yf
      @AK-yy6yf 4 года назад +5

      Nehmo Sergheyev
      I'm 40 years younger than you and I am pretty certain that any generation that will come after us till the end of humanity will have moments like us and perceive them as we do.
      My short lifespan of 25 years was enough for me to see that in fact we as mankind are accelerating in terms of scientific discovery.
      I personally assume that present days "forte" is artificial intelligence and bioengineering.
      Let me ask you - were you worried about what the discoveries of your younger days? What they could/would/actually led to?
      Because I myself am a little worried about the direction some people in the community would like/are about to take.
      Maybe it's just the same pattern - every generation is "all gloom and doom" about scientific discoveries of their times, way too worried about what might come?

  • @Huli-Man
    @Huli-Man 11 лет назад

    This has so high production value! it was an amazing video. Thanks

  • @machouchacha
    @machouchacha 11 лет назад

    The very last answer is amazing in all its wisdom and simplicity. Thank you.

  • @pjlehtim
    @pjlehtim 11 лет назад +1

    This makes me love science even more than I already did! Thank you for posting this.

  • @UFObloggger
    @UFObloggger 11 лет назад

    Good interview with this brilliant cosmologist.waiting for other interviews

  • @lesconrads
    @lesconrads 11 лет назад

    such a good speaker!
    Also - I like your ability to ask those questions. Need to be so quick, thinking about what to ask next.

  • @kasuha
    @kasuha 11 лет назад

    Thank you very much, this is one of best videos about Higgs I have ever seen.

  • @Nexus2Eden
    @Nexus2Eden 11 лет назад

    What a brilliant and articulate man, I would love to attend any lecture of his ~ it would be fascinating and enjoyable. Great work Brady.

  • @davidmafullul6181
    @davidmafullul6181 8 лет назад +25

    Ed's face at 2:05 gets me everytime aha

    • @edd8914
      @edd8914 7 лет назад +2

      Ed Copeland's enthusiasm is infectious

  • @b33lze6u6
    @b33lze6u6 9 лет назад +17

    i believe the phrase " its about the journey, not the destination" sums up the last part of the video

    • @NEprimo
      @NEprimo 6 лет назад +1

      b33lze6u6 Oath of the Radiant

  • @MrMotchel
    @MrMotchel 11 лет назад +1

    Excellent discussion! Thank you!

  • @bryanroland9402
    @bryanroland9402 2 года назад

    My favourite science communicator interviewed by my favourite interviewer. A real treat.

  • @rogerdotlee
    @rogerdotlee 11 лет назад

    WOOT! Well done again. It was worth the wait (including withdrawal symptoms).

  • @craigcottam
    @craigcottam 11 лет назад

    Wow, what a voice and such a casual ability to explain complicated things. Why have I not seen him presenting doco's on this stuff?

  • @heyimrobee
    @heyimrobee 11 лет назад

    I`m soo happy to be able to watch this while having my breakfast.
    Just open RUclips and in 10 seconds I'm watching something interesting, which I've never heard of.
    Technology is amazing.
    And thank you guys for making such brilliant programmes!

  • @50Janoh
    @50Janoh 11 лет назад

    great interview. informative with interesting questions

  • @davidsweeney111
    @davidsweeney111 11 лет назад

    I really cant get enough of what professor Sean Carroll has to say, it blows my mind. More!

  • @Asinineconcepts
    @Asinineconcepts 11 лет назад

    What a great interview thank you for providing this video it made my day.

  • @theHiddenStone
    @theHiddenStone 11 лет назад

    Thanks for this - first time I've heard this explained in a way which made any kind of sense to me!

  • @sponsoredmadness
    @sponsoredmadness 11 лет назад

    Good to see videos explaining things simply and not just spouting media buzzwords. Keep up the great work over there.

  • @arthur78
    @arthur78 11 лет назад

    I have watched hours of talks and presentations from Sean Carroll. I'm a fan.

  • @supermaucat
    @supermaucat 11 лет назад

    Sean Carroll is one of my fav teachers to listen to. His courses are amazing.

  • @thejumperkin
    @thejumperkin 11 лет назад

    I love Sean's description of the fields. He is a great speaker

  • @whatisthebigpicture
    @whatisthebigpicture 11 лет назад

    I like the way he talkes and explains things - I'd like to see more videos with Sean.

  • @puremuakorvaan
    @puremuakorvaan 11 лет назад

    So great that also we get to know what's up in Cern thanks to your video.

  • @anthony19735
    @anthony19735 11 лет назад

    I love listening to Sean. More please.

  • @AussieEvonne
    @AussieEvonne 11 лет назад +1

    Sean Carroll not only explains things well in this video, he has a great voice.

  • @lolopueo
    @lolopueo 11 лет назад

    Just started "The Particle at the End of the Universe", it has helped me make more sense out of quantum mechanics than any other book thus far, which isn't saying much but thanks all the same.

  • @auchucknorris
    @auchucknorris 11 лет назад

    i really like this particular video, science is always amazing and the entire journey not just the end result of what the ultimate answer turns out to be,

  • @higdonalex
    @higdonalex 11 лет назад

    This is probably the clearest explanation of the Higgs Boson I've ever heard. Thank you!

  • @ceer9141
    @ceer9141 6 лет назад

    Amazing! Easy to follow, thank you!

  • @JonnyBertilsson
    @JonnyBertilsson 8 лет назад

    Very well explained, go for it. Love it.

  • @ToxisLT
    @ToxisLT 11 лет назад

    Please give us more Sean Carroll.. I am always almost hypnotized by his voice and his ability to explain extraordinary stuff in a language that is understandable even to a moron like myself. If you haven't already, find/buy Sean's TTC lectures, they are simply awesome...
    Ok, back to youtube culture - Gief Sean NAO:)

  • @davidsweeney111
    @davidsweeney111 11 лет назад +1

    Now this is the kind of stuff that gets your blood racing, wow, bring it on Sean, give us more !

  • @ShiroKage009
    @ShiroKage009 11 лет назад

    Thanks for saying this. Every professor, who's an active researcher, that I have met so far was always fascinated by the knowledge they get from their research and the research conducted by others. They would even listen to me talking about a freak paper I read somewhere and would try and to extract as much info about that topic as I can offer.
    Most basic research done is done for the sake of knowing first. Benefits come 3rd or 4th down the list.

  • @ERW311
    @ERW311 11 лет назад

    ErgoCogita, both your comments are awesome and made my night!

  • @odlsej
    @odlsej 11 лет назад

    The best Sixty Symbols video EVER!

  • @BenHartelProductions
    @BenHartelProductions 11 лет назад

    I want to see more interviews from this guy. He just boggled my mind.

  • @Ledjye
    @Ledjye 11 лет назад

    You could say that it's like looking at the universe in layers. Even though it's not the real way the universe works, it makes it easier to pick out what you're looking for among the noise. Like if you take a full colour photo, but you only want to see red, so you put filter over it which mutes and removes all the other colours so you can more easily focus on what most concerned you.

  • @NikkiDussault
    @NikkiDussault 11 лет назад

    Brady, as always, an absolute pleasure.

  • @lennutrajektoor
    @lennutrajektoor 11 лет назад

    Fascinating video!

  • @Koffelbourg1
    @Koffelbourg1 11 лет назад

    Yay thx Brady, i absolutely love sixtysymbols :)

  • @Glassjaw003
    @Glassjaw003 11 лет назад

    Loved his answer at the end.

  • @AlanKey86
    @AlanKey86 11 лет назад

    "Every generation gets to apply the talents it has to the problems that its faced with... there are so many great problems, we are at no loss for interesting questions to puzzle over"
    There's a great quote if ever I heard one!

  • @OmegaRainbow
    @OmegaRainbow 11 лет назад

    great interview! :D

  • @georgecoke2811
    @georgecoke2811 11 лет назад

    Nice video, well said Sean.

  • @WheatThin55Edu
    @WheatThin55Edu 11 лет назад

    I'm holding his book right now! Great read.

  • @ThisIsTheJer
    @ThisIsTheJer 11 лет назад

    I'd love to see more videos with Sean Carroll!

  • @Rick_McDick
    @Rick_McDick 11 лет назад

    i could listen to this guy talk all day

  • @WhoClashQueenStones
    @WhoClashQueenStones 11 лет назад

    Thanks for clarifying, Mr.S

  • @Shangori
    @Shangori 11 лет назад

    Are there lectures of him going around on youtube/interwebs? Would like to watch a few.
    And which book? The one mentioned in the description? Or do you mean a different one?

  • @JakeStephensMrJakeStephens
    @JakeStephensMrJakeStephens 11 лет назад

    Great video. Cheers!

  • @aminochoas
    @aminochoas 11 лет назад

    Now that's a really interesting video and that last response was just brilliant. xD

  • @AdaptorLive
    @AdaptorLive 11 лет назад

    Sean Carroll is awesome! I've watched his 'Dark Matter, Dark Energy: The Dark Side of the Universe' video course quite a few times. Thanks for the interesting video :)

  • @naybobdenod
    @naybobdenod 11 лет назад

    What an outstanding video

  • @lukkabaluka
    @lukkabaluka 11 лет назад

    Any way to get the link to the video that pops up at the very end in which Sean Carroll says "In the Copenhagen Interpretation, you know the thing we teach our students..." ?

  • @hqs9585
    @hqs9585 Год назад

    Fascinated video , !

  • @deenibeeniable
    @deenibeeniable 11 лет назад

    I love it that there is always lots of dense stuff on all their blackboards that wasn't put there by a set designer, like the one on Good Will Hunting.

  • @ThimbleStudios
    @ThimbleStudios 10 лет назад

    Awesome attitude!

  • @Helix535
    @Helix535 11 лет назад

    And it just stopped? Why?! This was interesting. Thank you for taking the time to make these.

  • @basestudent
    @basestudent 11 лет назад

    Shout out to Brady for asking awesome questions!

  • @SuperJonny7
    @SuperJonny7 11 лет назад

    great explanation

  • @mckeighanjoshua
    @mckeighanjoshua 11 лет назад

    This guy speaks very well. I'm going to pick up his book.

  • @TheRijintube
    @TheRijintube 11 лет назад

    My god! this explaination is the only explaination, i understood about the higgs!
    THANKS!!

  • @esdev92
    @esdev92 11 лет назад

    He explains it so well.

  • @ErgoCogita
    @ErgoCogita 11 лет назад

    Yep, that's more or less how I understand it as well. I suggested that as indicative of the futility in suggesting infinite smallness when there is conceivably a fundamental limit to how small we can or will be able to probe. For now, Planckscale represents that limit.

  • @DickJohnson3434
    @DickJohnson3434 11 лет назад

    This interviewer of sixtysymbols asks the best fucking questions. He's the best interviewer of physicists I've ever seen. It seems like he always has the question that elicits the most relevant information.

  • @JOEMAMA5905
    @JOEMAMA5905 11 лет назад

    Brady! Are you going to do a video regarding the new age of the universe?

  • @Olhado256
    @Olhado256 11 лет назад

    I haven't watched the video yet, but 13 minutes of Higgs Boson-ness? I'm already happy!

  • @dojokonojo
    @dojokonojo 11 лет назад

    Will there be a video explaining how the filtering of data is done? I'm kind of curious. I know it will involve a lot statistics though.

  • @ultravidz
    @ultravidz 9 лет назад +30

    sean is a coo cat

  • @MattErskine
    @MattErskine 11 лет назад

    That Piano analogy was my lightbulb... it just went *ding*

  • @sananapee
    @sananapee 11 лет назад

    That last answer was amazing. It really got to me.

  • @ianswitzer3395
    @ianswitzer3395 11 лет назад

    The speed of light is also the speed of all massless particles. Or a "constant" if you will. If a particle is massless it must be moving at the speed of light. The effect that seems to let it slow down outside of vaccums is when it bounces off of particles, causing it to move a greater distance. The higgs field can be though of an large number of particles everywhere. Letting particles that "bounce" off of it bounce back and forth so quickly it appears as if they arent moving.

  • @Pianoguy32
    @Pianoguy32 11 лет назад

    there are some videos around youtube of him giving lectures where you can hear his awesome voice for a long time lol

  • @acmilanshevachels
    @acmilanshevachels 11 лет назад

    what an intelligent man! great video!

  • @GabrielKnightz
    @GabrielKnightz 11 лет назад

    It never stops to amaze me that amazing leaps of mankind are being made and learned at one end of the world and at the other its burning in war and politics and hunger, and all of it on our little blue rock. yesh.

  • @fournya
    @fournya 11 лет назад

    when is the arrow of time video going to be posted?

  • @StellifiedSound
    @StellifiedSound 11 лет назад

    I have a question: what does the LHC do now after it has served it primary task? I could just about guess the trivial, but it would be nice if I could have some professional insight.