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CERN70: The end of the alphabet
Carlo Rubbia’s name is closely related to the discovery of the W and Z particles at CERN. In 1984, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, together with Simon van der Meer, for the work he had done as head of the UA1 collaboration
CERN70: A two-stage rocket
Ted Wilson was involved in the design of the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) and played a leading role in its commissioning
Every successful person has allies
Part five of the Work Well Feel Well series looks at the benefits of support networks
CERN70: A gargantuan discovery
Violette Brisson played an active part in the discovery of neutral currents; she was head of the Gargamelle group at the Laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris
CERN70: The world’s first hadron collider
Kjell Johnsen was Intersecting Storage Rings (ISR) project leader when the accelerator was built
CERN70: An electronic revolution
Georges Charpak received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physics for his 1968 invention of the multi-wire proportional chamber, which revolutionised particle detection
CERN70: The nucleus as a laboratory
Helge Ravn was part of the ISOLDE group from the beginning. When ISOLDE began operations at CERN in 1967, it was unique in the world
CERN70: Cutting-edge computing
Paolo Zanella came to the CERN computing group in 1962, just a few years after the first computer had arrived
Get rid of your strains
Part four of the Work Well Feel Well series looks at ways to release tension
CERN70: Tracing particles
Madeleine Znoy was one of the people responsible for “scanning” the films from the bubble chambers for interesting events