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The latest installment in what I imagine will be a very short-lived series - 'British Comedians and The LHC' - comes from the CERN Podcast where comedy actor Kevin Eldon and League Against Tedium head honcho Simon Munnery are shown around the Large Hadron Colilder by PMC Physics A editorial board member Brian Cox. Eldon and Munnery worked together the arrestingly entitled 'Attention Scum' and you can see them get somewhat awed at the scale of the ATLAS detector here.
Although it's not a laugh-a-minute tour, it is a fascinating insight into the state of modern particle physics as Cox pitches his explanations at an educated layman level and tries to answer some very perceptive questions, especially from Eldon, like 'Why do different particles have different masses' and 'How does gravity work'.
Eldon & Munnery at the LHC with Brian Cox: Part 1 - Part 2
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