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Particle Fever
The documentary film follows a group of six eminent scientists during the launch of the largest and most expensive scientific experiment of all time, the Large Hadron Collider. Meanwhile, over 10,000 scientists from over 100 countries also joined and gave a hand in the project.
12 July 1979, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
May 29, 1929 in Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
29 December 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
July 15, 2014
This is a film that feeds the imagination and is the most exciting documentary so far in 2014.
March 13, 2014
The filmmakers find room for some witty philosophical bull sessions and affectionate portraits of some of the physicists; this is an agreeable light entertainment on a complex subject.
March 20, 2014
Levinson makes the story accessible and entertaining for mainstream viewers.
November 26, 2014
An adventure, a celebration, and a snapshot of investigation at its most essential and enthralling, Particle Fever is both intelligent and accessible.
December 03, 2014
Particle Fever shows how the theorists and experimenters need and respect each other, in the course of setbacks, disappointments, premature celebrations and public relations glitches.
December 11, 2015
Funny and fascinating, this is the kind of evidence that support why governments need to have long-term vision and invest in, not scale back, funding in research.
March 20, 2014
The enthusiasm, idealism, and cheerful brilliance of the six subjects convey the thrill, if not the full significance, of this scientific breakthrough.
December 02, 2014
You'll be entertained and, to whatever degree, you will not only learn something, you might have your whole understanding of the universe altered. Pretty good for ninety-nine minutes.
March 20, 2014
It plays out with all the suspense of a thriller.
March 20, 2014
Even the most math-averse viewer will be on pins and needs to know the results.
March 21, 2014
Particle Fever explores with awe-inspiring precision, and in remarkably accessible language, how 10,000 scientists and engineers from around the world built what in effect is the ultimate test tube for particle physics.
March 09, 2016
I know nothing about any of this [science] and yet it's absolutely captivating.