Dawn of the Large Hadron Collider

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:36 pm

Find the Force, Luke!

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Seriously, that is a very impressive piece of equipment...we stand to learn a lot more about the fundamental nature of reality at its most basic levels than we have ever known before.

--James

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:31 am

"Don't even think of trying to destroy this, Mr Bond. I have five others...."

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:42 am

peeplj wrote: Seriously, that is a very impressive piece of equipment...we stand to learn a lot more about the fundamental nature of reality at its most basic levels than we have ever known before.

Or we could all get sucked into the ensuing black hole...

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:18 am

peeplj wrote:Find the Force, Luke!

Yeah, I half expected to see the Millenium Falcon come screaming out of that hole in the center...

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:43 am

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:48 am

To Serve Man.

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:57 am

The Weekenders wrote:To Serve Man.

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:25 am

There's a good article on this in the March 2008 National Geographic Magazine.

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:23 am

and here we are in the middle between the unimaginably large and the unimaginably small...

while looking around I found this website-- lots to explore here!

http://particleadventure.org/
you can download this poster