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It’s been an exciting year for particle physics– this July scientists announced they have seen the first hints of the Higgs Boson, a never before seen particle! But why does the Higgs Boson matter? And how can we see it? In this class, we’ll explore every step of how scientists look for the fundamental building blocks of matter– from accelerating particles, to explaining the theories, to looking at the data. Note that this class will have an hour lunch break in the middle, and continue afterwards, when we’ll take a field trip to the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory a few miles away. We’ll see a real accelerator and visit the control room, and even visit one of SLAC’s gargantuan particle detectors.

It's been an exciting year for particle physics-- last December scientists announced they might have seen the first hints of the Higgs Boson, a never before seen particle! But why does the Higgs Boson matter? And how can we see it? In this class, we'll explore every step of how scientists look for the fundamental building blocks of matter-- from accelerating particles, to explaining the theories, to looking at the data. Note that this class will have an hour lunch break in the middle, and continue afterwards-- when we'll take a field trip to the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory a few miles away. We'll see a real accelerator and visit the control room, and even visit one of SLAC's gargantuan particle detectors.

Taught by graduate students in the Stanford Design Program. The Stanford Design Program is a 2 years masters programme that explores innovation at the intersection of business, technology, and design. (Note: Added last minute by popular demand. Highly recommended by the Splash team!)

The Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland has just turned on, and promises to revolutionize humanity’s understanding of the universe. Maybe you’ve heard about the Higgs Boson, Dark Matter, Supersymmetry, and more— what are all of these concepts, and how will we be able to see them at the machine? We will start with the basics of colliders and detectors, discuss the particles that may one be discovered, and even look at real data from the ATLAS experiment. If you’ve been keeping up with the latest news or if you’ve never heard of the LHC before, you’ll come out of this class understanding what scientists are looking for and how they do it at the world’s largest experiment.

The Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland has just turned on, and promises to revolutionize humanity's understanding of the universe. Maybe you've heard about the Higgs Boson, Dark Matter, Supersymmetry, and more-- what are all of these concepts, and how will we be able to see them at the machine? We will start with the basics of colliders and detectors, discuss the particles that may one be discovered, and even look at real data from the ATLAS experiment. If you've been keeping up with the latest news or if you've never heard of the LHC before, you'll come out of this class understanding what scientists are looking for and how they do it at the world's largest experiment.

The Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland has just turned on, and promises to revolutionize humanity's understanding of the universe. Maybe you've heard about the Higgs Boson, Dark Matter, Supersymmetry, and more-- what are all of these concepts, and how will we be able to see them at the machine? We will start with the basics of colliders and detectors, discuss the particles that may one be discovered, and even look at real data from the ATLAS experiment. If you've been keeping up with the latest news or if you've never heard of the LHC before, you'll come out of this class understanding what scientists are looking for and how they do it at the world's largest experiment.