The Large Hadron Collider

I've been a pocket fan of quantum mechanics ever since high school chemistry class. Granted, I haven't kept up on all of the intricacies, but any profession that uses words like "boson" and "quark" as part of its core vocabulary is something worth looking into.

So I've kept my eye on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that they're building at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research). (Yeah, that't the same joint that Dan Brown wrote about in "Angels and Demons". And yeah, Dan Brown wrote "The DaVinci Code").

Anyway, I'm glad to see that they finally got that monster working. It's a shame that the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) in Texas never really got off the ground. We could have been worrying about black holes eating the whole earth years ago.

But that's all just a preamble to this absolutely neat, cool, groovy (am I dating myself yet) video on YouTube put together by Kate McAlpine, a Michigan State University graduate. Apparently she asked for (and got) permission to film some of the scenes on-site at CERN. And it's fabulous fun, and maybe even a little educational (even though it is rap).

So without further ado, here's the "Large Hadron Rap" (courtesy of YouTube).