Tag: history of physics
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Help find CERN’s missing history
The CERN Heritage Collection holds over 350 objects that help tell the story of CERN’s scientific and technical achievements. Many of these objects go on display in the Science Gateway and are loaned to museums all over the world. For some of these objects, key information is missing: what they were used for, who used them, when and why. In other cases, an object’s
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New street names at CERN honour distinguished figures
Streets at CERN have carried names since the mid-1960s. While many have been named after renowned figures – historically, mainly men – in science and related fields, others have retained more generic names such as Route des Physiciens and Route des Services. To better reflect the diversity of the people who have contributed to CERN
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Felix Bloch’s Nobel medal now on display at CERN
This year, on the occasion of what would have been the 120th birthday of Felix Bloch, first Director-General of CERN and 1952 Nobel laureate in physics, the physicist’s family generously donated his Nobel prize medal to CERN
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Happy hundredth Herwig!
Find out how CERN is celebrating the 100th birthday of former Director-General Herwig Schopper, and how you can be involved
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70 years of theoretical physics at CERN
The provisional CERN Council, during its first session in May 1952, founded the Theory Study Group as one of four study groups tasked with planning a unique laboratory
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A year dedicated to celebrating basic science
In July 2022, a whole year devoted to celebrating basic sciences for sustainable development gets under way