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    My interview at Festivaletteratura
    By Tommaso Dorigo | September 12th 2012 06:31 AM | 4 comments | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
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    I am an experimental particle physicist working with the CMS experiment at CERN. In my spare time I play chess, abuse the piano, and aim my dobson...

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    At this link you can find the video of an interview I gave for Festivaletteratura Mantova (the literature festival held last week). I discuss science outreach, the media, the discovery of the Higgs boson and its impact on laypersons, and a more technical issue about the origin of mass. Unfortunately the interview is longish and I do not know whether I'll find the stamina to produce a writeup in English for this site. We'll see...


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    After reading some of A. Pais - Inward Bound, it might be useful to explain to the audience that not too long ago physics was in a very confused state -what with electrons hiding inside protons, and a complete aversion to any kind of new particles, and trying to appeal to classical models. Amazing how far things have come in such a short time.

    Joel Rice (not verified) | 09/12/12 | 08:52 AM
    "Amazing how far things have come in such a short time." Not sure that 80 years qualifies in this context.

    Patrick Bowman (not verified) | 09/12/12 | 19:09 PM
    UvaE
    Tommaso, the content of your interview was good (and it gave me a chance to practice my Italian), but you and the interviewer could have both used a little espresso. :)
    Enrico Uva | 09/14/12 | 13:00 PM
    dorigo
    Agreed - I had woken up just an hour earlier in fact :-)
    Cheers,
    T.
    Tommaso Dorigo | 09/15/12 | 16:09 PM