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Explore the fascinating connections between two groundbreaking 21st-century discoveries in physics through this illuminating lecture by SLAC physicist Lance Dixon. Journey through the decades-long quests that led to detecting gravitational waves from colliding black holes millions of light years away and uncovering the Higgs boson in the depths of atomic nuclei. Learn how Einstein's theory of gravity and subnuclear forces secretly link these seemingly disparate cosmic and subatomic phenomena. Delivered by a distinguished member of the US National Academy of Sciences and recipient of the 2023 Galileo Galilei Medal, gain deep insights into particle scattering theory and its applications at the Large Hadron Collider. Part of the prestigious KITP Public Lecture series, which features leading scientists sharing transformative research about our universe's most compelling mysteries.
