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...
Memories from Caltech
Stephen Wolfram reflects on Gell-Mann’s complex character and his rivalry with Richard Feynman.
We’ve been here before…
Tales of colliders contained in 60 illustrious years of CERN Courier offer a rich perspective on the strategic decisions facing the field today.
Strong interactions
Harald Fritzsch, who collaborated with Gell-Mann in the early 1970s, describes the steps that led to a full understanding of strong interactions.
Gell-Mann’s multi-dimensional genius
Murray Gell-Mann was one of the great geniuses of the 20th century, says Lars Brink, and stands out among other Nobel laureates.
Artistic encounters of the quantum kind
Quàntica, which opened on 9 April at the Centre de Cultural Contemporània de Barcelona, invites you to explore quantum physics through the lens of both art and science.
Rutherford in three movements
Accompanied by physics historian John Campbell, the viewer learns about this great scientist from his ordinary childhood as a “Kiwi boy” to his untimely death in 1937.
Rutherford, transmutation and the proton
John Campbell recounts the events leading to Ernest Rutherford’s discovery of the proton, published in 1919.
Centennial conference honours Feynman
A memorial conference was held at the Institute of Advanced Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Paris event reflects on the history of the neutrino
The first International Conference on the History of the Neutrino took place at the Université Paris Diderot in Paris on 5–7 September 2018.
