Saw this documentary for the first time today and though I was aware of the research, it put everything back together for me in the most exciting way. After seeing Star Wars 7 last week, I found Particle Fever far more entertaining. I've read and watched shows about Quantum Physics for decades, so by now, I know the importance of the research done at CERN. I'm also quite thrilled to see women involved in the science. No more chicks piking up numbers from a computer and passing them up to men. Usually, physics documentaries leave little place for them. Not this time, they were front and center where they ought to be. The science part is well done, just enough to let you know what's happening, or not, to keep our interest. The pacing, the insights into the most important mysteries are just right. Some humor as well. I liked the bit where one journalist asked what all the Higgs boson discovery would mean to the ordinary people. No idea was the answer but again, no one knew what the discovery of radio waves could be used for at first, since there were no radio set. Science is about letting your curiosity lose and what happens next is the civilization we live in with cell phones, GPS and WiFi. Who knows where the CERN research will lead to in the next decades. Then there's the Machine itself, this enormous contraption built by men and women from everywhere in the world. And the first collisions happening live and broadcast to every corner of the world. What a Story for the Ages. If you understand what science is about, then you must see this very precious piece of History.
Review of Particle Fever
