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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Leptons But Were Too Afraid to Ask — Part II

Nov 05, 202126 min
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Episode description

In Part I, CERN physicist Steven Goldfarb attempted to explain to Bob the difference between leptons, muons, and quarks. In Part II, Goldfarb tackles a thornier question: In this age of so much disinformation, when scientific fact seems to carry no more weight than opinion, does science even matter?

Plus: A very special epilogue.



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