ImaginebeingabletowatchasEdisonturnedonthefirstlightbulb,orasFranklinreceivedhisfirstjoltofelectricity. Forthefirsttime,afilmgivesaudiencesafrontrowseattoasignificantandinspiringscientificbreakthroughasithappens.ParticleFeverfollowssixbrilliantscientistsduringthelaunchoftheLargeHadronCollider,markingthestart-upofthebiggestandmostexpensiveexperimentinthehistoryoftheplanet,pushingtheedgeofhumaninnovation. Astheyseektounravelthemysteriesoftheuniverse,10,000scientistsfromover100countriesjoinedforcesinpursuitofasinglegoal:torecreateconditionsthatexistedjustmomentsaftertheBigBangandfindtheHiggsboson,potentiallyexplainingtheoriginofallmatter.Butourheroesconfrontanevenbiggerchallenge:havewereachedourlimitinunderstandingwhyweexist? DirectedbyMarkLevinson,aphysicistturnedfilmmaker,fromtheinspirationandinitiativeofproducerDavidKaplanandmasterfullyeditedbyWalterMurch(ApocalypseNow,TheEnglishPatient,TheGodfathertrilogy),ParticleFeverisacelebrationofdiscovery,revealingtheveryhumanstoriesbehindthisepicmachine.