July 18, 2008

The Machine at the End of the Universe

By RICHARD MONASTERSKY

Physicists anticipate smashing debut for particle accelerator

This is the land of Big Ideas, where even the streets have Nobel prizes. At the European particle physics lab known as CERN, the roads through campus bear the names of Einstein, Curie, Bohr, and Heisenberg.

Working amid those tributes to giants of the past century, physicists from around the world are trying to make history of their own and revolutionize their field. Late next month, if all goes as planned, they will

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