By Swapan Chattopadhyay and Joseph David Lykken (eds.)
World Scientific
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its foundation, the management of Fermilab asked leading scientists and supporters, whose careers and life paths crossed at the US laboratory, to share their memories and thoughts about its past, present and future. The short essays received have been collected in this commemorative book.
Among the many prestigious contributors are Nobel laureates T D Lee, Burton Richter and Jack Steinberger; in addition to present and former Fermilab directors (Nigel Lockyer, Piermaria Oddone and John Peoples); present and former CERN Directors-General (Fabiola Gianotti and Rolf Heuer), as well as many other important physicists, scientific leaders and even politicians and businessmen.
Through the recollections of the authors, key events in Fermilab’s history are brought to life. The milestone of 50 years of research are also retraced in a rich photo gallery.
While celebrating its glorious past, Fermilab is also looking towards its future, as highlighted in the book. Many experiments are ongoing, or planned at the laboratory and its scientific programme includes research on neutrinos; accelerator science; quantum computing; dark matter and the cosmic background radiation, as well as a continuous participation in the LHC physics, especially in the CMS experiment.
A light read, this book will appeal to all the scientists who at some point in their career stepped on the floor of Fermilab. It will also appeal to those readers who are interested in discovering more about the history of the laboratory through the records of the people who participated in it, whether it was directly or indirectly.
