# History of particle acceleration

- Institution: CERN
- Department: CAS - CERN Accelerator School
- Speaker: Suzie Sheehy
- Year: 2023
- Level: Graduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Medicine and health, History
- Source: [CERN](https://videos.cern.ch/record/3019450)
- Licence: [CERN](https://copyright.web.cern)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This lecture traces the history of particle accelerators from the pioneers in the 1930s to the modern world of international mega-projects. Key developments are given in scientific and historical context, and qualitative descriptions are given of accelerator breakthroughs that have allowed orders of magnitude improvements in the course of a few decades.

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## Lectures

1. [History of particle acceleration](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/cern/3019450/69f1f4d92d61), 56 min (CERN's player)