Overview of the CERN Large Hadron Collider


	Overview of the CERN Large Hadron Collider

mentalpez

8-27-2008 5:05 PM

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mentalpez says:

A good introduction to the workings and history of the world's largest particle accelerator. Also includes mention of theoretical disaster scenarios that could be caused by the LHC.

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