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Media type:
Book
Title:
LEP - the lord of the collider rings at CERN 1980 - 2000
:
the making, operation and legacy of the world's largest scientific instrument
Contains:
Why LEP and why at CERN?The difficult decision of LEP's size and energy -- The approval or how to persuade governments -- The tunnelling adventure -- The environment : people and nature -- LEP : the technical challenge -- The LEP experiments : institutions in themselves -- What have we learned from LEP : physics results -- Creating new technologies -- Unloved but necessary : management and finances -- How to invite the Pope : VIP visits -- CERN : bringing nations together -- The complicated transition from LEP to the LHC -- The dramatic last period of LEP -- Acknowledgments-- Appendices. CERN organigram 1984 ; Leading CERN staff during the LEP project.
Description:
Written by the main protagonist responsible for making LEP a reality, this is the definitive inside story of a remarkable machine & the many thousands of scientists & engineers from around the world, whose efforts contributed to the new knowledge it produced