What Does it Take to Make a Universe? - with Harry Cliff

What is matter really made of? How does the stuff around us escape annihilation in the fearsome heat of the Big Bang? And will we ever be able to understand the very first moments of our universe?

Using the latest experimental data from the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva and labs and observatories around the world, including a neutrino detector buried a kilometre under an Italian mountain to a gravitational wave detector nestled in the humid pine forest of Louisiana, particle physicist Harry Cliff will reveal what the newest findings tell us about the the fundamental ingredients of matter and their origins.

Harry Cliff is a particle physicist at the University of Cambridge working on the LHCb experiment, a huge particle detector buried 100 metres underground at CERN near Geneva. He is a member of an international team of around 1400 physicists, engineers and computer scientists who are using LHCb to study the basic building blocks of our universe, in search of answers to some of the biggest questions in modern physics.

This talk was recorded on 10 August 2021.

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[TheRoyalInstitution]

We are so pleased and honoured to have been able to launch our friend Harry Cliff's new book in our newly reopened lecture theatre!

[wuyqrbt]

*Harry Cliff* is great, please record new videos with him.
Thank you so much *RI*

[mighty]

Harry Cliff is such a fantastic lecturer! The way he talks and keep the attention of the audience is amazing to watch.

[notayoutuber]

I had an emotional reaction when I finally understood the concept of quantum fields during this video. I had to remove my glasses from my face and cat from my lap and just absorb this for a long moment.

[marcusm]

One of the best communicators in science. Thank you!

[YankeeTankee]

Harry Cliff takes on a difficult but very interesting topic. Well preaented! Thank you Ri!

[shaheryaar]

what a lecture, what a lecture. An hour well spent.

[lordofelectrons]

Apple pie recipe: Warm oven to 10^15 degrees add well ripened matter bake for
9.3 billion years remove from oven allow to cool for 4.5 billion years then serve.

[but_seriouslyfolks]

Harry Cliff has become one of my favorite presenters. Thank you for all the presentations on this wonderful site. First class!

[geeky_explorer]

The best part of his lecture are he tells Stories and connects almost every beats of physics

[pwincess]

Keep the Harry Cliff content coming please thanks 🙂

[Rk]

what an incredible amount of information must there be in those strange fields. just wow.

[germanpenn]

I was between this lecture and “how to make a cliff” by Harry Universe. I’m glad I chose this one

[ableone]

Great presentation by the lecturer. Look forward to more presentations by this presenter,

[hackcrew]

Another Harry Cliff lecture, finally!! Live as well wow what a treat

[rafaqathussain]

Amazing job to share this incredible knowledge with all of us and to make it digestible for people like me who have little understanding of this highly advanced field of sience.

[kinnaribhalerao]

Amazing! I'm an engineering student but physics never fails to fascinate me. Solace at it's best!

[kevinmccarthy]

LOVE YOUR SHOW. GREAT SUBJECT. I saw your show concerning Particle fields, fantastic. Thank you.

[lilianaordonez]

I watch his videos on my 81" TV, and it looks awesome! Thank you very much for breaking it down for regular people like me and my family. We are fascinated with his brilliant presenta, and we're learning a lot from you Mr Harry....

[darrellee]

When I clicked I was hoping it would be back in the auditorium and it Is! Hooray!