Ideas worth spreading

TEDxCharlottesville

November 2019

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Nuclear Science from Quarks to Cancer

Cynthia Keppel explains why physicists are interested in the tiniest particles known to humankind, and how an understanding of these particles advances science. Cynthia is a highly esteemed physicist at Jefferson Labs and a gifted explainer of physics to non-scientists. In this talk she emotionally reveals how her inventions are being used to help save the life of someone very close to her.

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Cynthia Keppel explains why physicists are interested in the tiniest particles known to humankind, and how an understanding of these particles advances science. Cynthia is a highly esteemed physicist at Jefferson Labs and a gifted explainer of physics to non-scientists. In this talk she emotionally reveals how her inventions are being used to help save the life of someone very close to her.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxCharlottesville, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.

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