Documentary | 06 August 2020

Kevan MacKay

In the year 2000, an unknown German postdoc set the world of physics on fire. This is the rise of Jan Hendrik Schön. In the midst of the worst period in his company's history, a lone physicist shines as a beacon of hope thanks to his ingenuity and hard work. But soon, Bell Labs will be making headlines for all the wrong reasons. These are the lies of Jan Hendrik Schön. It's May 2002, and Bell Labs is being asked why one of their researchers was caught duplicating graphs. It's the end of the road, but there's still a few twists left in store. This is the demise of Jan Hendrik Schön.