13 January 2008
Big machines for big questions: the Australian synchrotron and beyond
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In Australia there is the Australian Synchrotron. The Americans are spending $3 billion to put the successor to Hubble in space. And in Geneva the Europeans are pouring money into the large hadron collider. Why are governments investing in big machines? Do we need them? A panel of leading Australian scientists considers this trend to giantism.
Recorded at the Big Ideas, Brilliant Minds: 2007 Alfred Deakin Innovation Lectures held in Melbourne from 25 June to 20 July 2007
Guests
Dr Cathy Foley
President of the Australian Institute of Physics
Rob Lamb
Director of the Australian Synchrotron
Dr Rachel Webster
Astrophysicist at the University of Melbourne
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