Read article 'The Weil conjectures'
The Weil conjectures
Karen Olsson's book tours the lives of Simone Weil and her brother, the noted mathematician André Weil.
Read article 'The Weil conjectures'
Read article 'Austria and CERN celebrate 60 years'
Austria and CERN celebrate 60 years
Associated in bygone days with the UA1 and DELPHI, today hundreds of Austrian scientists contribute to CERN’s experimental programme.
Read article 'The rise of French particle physics'
The rise of French particle physics
Founded 80 years ago, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) is one of Europe’s largest research institutions.
Read article 'L’essor de la physique des particules en France'
L’essor de la physique des particules en France
Fondé il y a 80 ans, le Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), en France, est l’une des plus importantes institutions de recherche en Europe.
Read article 'LEP’s electroweak leap'
LEP’s electroweak leap
In the autumn of 1989 the Large Electron Positron collider (LEP) delivered the first of several results that still dominate the landscape of particle physics today.
Read article 'The greatest lepton collider'
The greatest lepton collider
LEP was the highest energy e+e– collider ever built, with levels of precision that remain unsurpassed in accelerator physics. Former CERN director of accelerators Steve Myers tells LEP’s story fro...
Read article 'CERN and the Higgs Boson'
CERN and the Higgs Boson
James Gillies’ slim volume conveys the excitement of the hunt for the Higgs.
Read article 'Music of the muons'
Music of the muons
Music and dance troupe Les Atomes Dansants use muon tracks from W, Z and Higgs events in CMS data to explore the links between science and art.
Read article 'Lessons from LEP'
Lessons from LEP
The Large Electron Positron collider changed particle physics forever. As the field eyes up the next major collider, former CERN Director-General Herwig Schopper describes what it took to make LEP hap...
Read article 'Memories from Caltech'
Memories from Caltech
Stephen Wolfram reflects on Gell-Mann’s complex character and his rivalry with Richard Feynman.
