Culture and history Archives – Page 48 of 105

SLAC at 50: honouring the past and creating the future

Founded in 1962, the home of the famous linac went on to make ground-breaking discoveries in particle physics and to evolve in the face of a changing scientific landscape.

The Quantum Exodus: Jewish Fugitives, the Atomic Bomb, and the Holocaust

Herwig Schopper reviews in 2012 The Quantum Exodus: Jewish Fugitives, the Atomic Bomb, and the Holocaust.

The history of QCD

Harald Fritzsch, one of the pioneers of quantum chromodynamics, recalls some of the background to the development of the theory 40 years ago.

ESO and CERN: a tale of two organizations

A look back at the birth of ESO 50 years ago.

ESO and CERN – 50 years later

Catherine Cesarsky reflects on the long-standing relationship between the two flourishing European organizations.

Time Machines

Michael Marten reviews in 2012 Time Machines.

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes: A Life in Science

François Vannucci reviews in 2012 Pierre-Gilles de Gennes: A Life in Science.

A day to remember

A summary of this issue of the CERN Courier featuring the discovery of the Higgs boson announced in July this year.

Inside story: the search in CMS for the Higgs boson

The search for the Standard Model Higgs boson, the missing keystone of the current framework for describing elementary particles and forces, has been going on for some 40 years.