The Atom Smashers

Directed by

Clayton Brown, Monica Ross

Written by

Clayton Brown , Monica Ross

Produced by

137 Films

Documentary, United States, 2008, 81 min

Did the american government slow down scientific research in the USA?
A group of American physicists lead the international search for the Higgs boson - the "god particle" - while struggling with a government and culture perhaps at odds with scientific progress, an aging four-mile long machine, as a more powerful European accelerator (CERN's LHC) was beeing built. Will they find the Higgs in time?

Debate with :

• Ursula Bassler, director and physicist at CEA

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