Invention and History of the Bubble Chamber

Don Glaser won the 1960 Nobel Prize for Physics for his 1952 invention of the bubble chamber at Berkeley Lab, a type of particle detector that became the mainstay of high-energy physics research throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He discusses how, inspired by bubbles in a glass of beer, he invented the bubble chamber and detected cosmic-ray muons. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Summer Lecture Series" [11/2006] [Science] [Show ID: 11831]

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Education

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• bubble
• chamber
• Berkeley
• physics
• science
• research

[2011rhythmdivine]

He's a cool dude alright! His accomplishment even cooler! Thanks for sharing your great mind with us here in this video.

[rajithaify]

he's a smart who's at the same time very cool. thanks for uploading

[acanthus211]

Thanks for posting. Brilliant man.

[10mintwo]

he is so cool!

[alexandraicobii]

Love the fact that they laughed at Dr. Glaser's Professor of Microbiology title, that was funny. We physicists can be snobs about other disciplines from time to time.

Thanks for putting this up, was great to see the presentation by the man himself, I've read so much about his work with the bubble chambers.

Dr. Glaser is awesome! Funny guy.

AC