Geneva, 19 October 2009. Voyage to the Heart of Matter, a new pop-up book about the science of CERN1‘s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), focusing on the ATLAS experiment, will be published on 9 November in London. Other language editions will follow. Journalists are invited to the press launch of the UK edition at 10am on 9 November at the Royal Institution2 Time & Space Café, where they will be able to pick up a review copy. There will also be interview opportunities with physicists at this exciting time just before first physics at the LHC.
At the LHC, protons travelling at nearly the speed of light collide 40 million times a second within the heart of particle detectors like ATLAS, sending out showers of debris, to recreate the conditions that existed millionths of a second after the big bang, the event that set our universe in motion. Now readers of all ages can join the ATLAS Experiment on this fascinating journey to the beginnings of the universe.
In this unique collaboration between ATLAS and renowned paper engineer Anton Radevsky, 7000 tonnes of metal, glass, plastic, cables and computer chips leap from the page in miniature pop-up, to tell the story of CERN’s quest to understand the birth of the universe.
The UK edition of the book is published by Papadakis.
To sign up for the launch: Due to limited space, those interested in attending should register on this STFC3 website before 26 October.
Physicists present: Dave Charlton is deputy spokesperson of the ATLAS collaboration and works for the University of Birmingham. Dan Tovey leads the ATLAS group at the University of Sheffield and is deputy spokesperson of ATLAS-UK. Pippa Wells is a UK physicist based at CERN and is the project leader of the ATLAS inner detector.
Further information:
- CERN Press office +41 (0)22 76 721 41 or +41 (0)22 76 734 32 press.office@cern.ch
- CERN
- ATLAS
- Papadakis
Papadakis Publisher: Sarah Roberts Tel. +44 (0) 16 35 24 88 33
The book:
- 280 x 220mm (portrait) in full colour
- Hardback (8 pages) ISBN 9781906506063
- Papadakis Publisher, London
- £20.00
- The book is available for purchase from end November. Review copies are available from 9 November. Journalists unable to attend the launch to pick up their review copy should contact Papadakis.
Download photos of the book
About the authors:
Anton Radevsky is a pop-up engineer and illustrator and lives in Sofia, Bulgaria. His previous books include The Modern Architecture Pop-Up Book, The Pop-Up Book Of Space Craft and The Wild West Pop-Up Book.
Emma Sanders is a member of CERN’s education and outreach team, and developer of the Laboratory’s Microcosm exhibition centre.
The launch:
The launch takes place from 10am to 11.30am on 9 November at
The Royal Institution of Great Britain
21 Albemarle Street,
London
W1S 4BS
+44 (0)20 7409 2992