Pratt Professor Ágnes Mócsy releases “Smashing Matters” short film

A colleague of mine, Associate Professor Ágnes Mócsy, just released her first short film, smashing matters:

Featuring a really broad array of eminent physics researchers, this film uses the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider as a case study for how funding basic science research leads to social progress. Although I am not predisposed to believing that all basic research is equal (I tend to think we need to prioritize our basic research funding based on our social goals and aspirations), I really appreciated that this film endeavors to explain to the general public how very abstract basic research can translate to technological innovations of great social importance.