Nobel winner: A neutrino is like a Timbit, you see

Sure, you've probably heard by now that Arthur MacDonald is the latest Canadian to win the Nobel Prize, but how much do you really know about the work that went into winning the prestigious award?

MacDonald appeared on CBC's This Hour has 22 Minutes to explain the research that he and his team at SNOLAB in Sudbury conducted on neutrinos, and what exactly neutrinos are.

The physicist starts in with some pretty technical language that might sail over the heads of even some of the brightest individuals.

He goes on to speak more slowly and using less complex terminology until he is stopped by an off-screen producer.

Frustrated, MacDonald continues to dumb down his explanations to a level that (Canadians at least) will understand, comparing neutrinos to Tim Hortons Timbits.

Check out the clip it its entirety above.