# Elementary Particles : The first hundred years

- Institution: CERN
- Department: Science and Society
- Speaker: Donald Hill Perkins
- Year: 1997
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics
- Source: [CERN](https://videos.cern.ch/record/3025129)
- Licence: [CERN](http://copyright.web.cern.ch)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

To mark the centenary of the discovery of that first elementary particle, the electron, some remarks and recollections from the early days of high energy physics, including the impact of early experiments and ideas on todayÕs research. Much of our progress in this field has been carefully anticipated and planned, but a surprising number of successes were the result of incredibly lucky breaks, where headway was made despite - or even because of - incorrect experimental results, crossed wires or simply asking the wrong question at the right time. We can be sure therefore that the next century - or perhaps even what remains of this one - will have unexpected surprises in store..

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## Lectures

1. [Elementary Particles : The first hundred years](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/cern/3025129/93d3a910f8b2), 1 h 5 min (CERN's player)