Shereen Sunday Interview: Dr Victoria Martin
Dr Victoria Martin
This week on the show I spoke to a particle physicist. And guess what? I think I understood! She's and she's one of a number of scientists who're searching for the answers to the universe at , home of the Large Hadron Collider.
Victoria loves particles and is almost lyrical in describing the beauty she sees in them. Her goal in life is to find the , the so-called God particle, though she told me it was actually originally called "the goddamned particle" because it's so elusive. Better listen to Victoria's own explanation about the theory. While I said I understood it, I could tie myself in knots trying to explain it myself!
The man who came up with the Higgs Boson was of Edinburgh University and Victoria was one of his last students before he retired. In fact, Edinburgh Uni is still leading the way in this research with many of its scientists smashing atoms at CERN. Victoria told me she gets a real feeling of excitement every time the plane touches down at Geneva.
She says she doesn't want to die before finding the answer to the Universe. Didn't have the heart to tell her it's .
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