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Written by John Putley
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 With the support of the SSLP, a group of Sixth Form students went on a week-long trip to CERN , the nuclear research centre in Switzerland. There were plenty of revelations: - seeing a replica of the large hadron collider (the real one is off limits)
- the anti-matter detecting satellite
- the giant magnets
Around 6500 particle physicists do work at CERN. They come from 500 universities and 80 countries. One of the pupils described tha atmosphere: "The centre was like a hub of intelligence and I could feel it pulsing through the building." But it wasn't all science. The trip to the United Nations building in Geneva was particularly interesting, as was a boat trip down the river. |
