In Search of Giants

This page includes links to 3-5 minute long video clips prepared from the ‘In Search of Giants’ series that was first broadcast on Teachers TV. The clips are also available from the STFC youtube channel (link opens in a new window) (http://www.youtube.com/user/SciTechUK).

These MP4 files should be downloaded before playing. They are not set up to ‘stream’ from this server and playback will be very slow if you attempt this.

• Part 1 - Atoms and the periodic table
• Part 2 - The discovery of the electron
• Part 3 - The discovery of the atomic nucleus
• Part 4 - The existence of quarks
• Part 5 - The Standard Model of particle physics
• Part 6 - The nature of forces
• Part 7 - Gravity and electromagnetism
• Part 8 - The unification of electricity and magnetism
• Part 9 - The weak and strong nuclear forces
• Part 10 - The unified theory of forces
• Part 11 - The weird quantum world
• Part 12 - QED – the jewel of physics
• Part 13 - Particle accelerators and the Higgs particle
• Part 14 - The biggest particle accelerator ever
• Part 15 - High hopes for the LHC

The original, three x 15 minute films are available here:

• The fundamental building blocks of nature (link opens in a new window)
  
• The fundamental forces of nature (link opens in a new window)
  
• The quantum world and the hunt for the Higgs boson (link opens in a new window)