Globe : Fête de la science 2007

FROM 8 TO 13 OCTOBER 2007

Globe of Science and Innovation - Route de Meyrin, 1211 Geneva

>>> "Expo NANO. Technology takes on a new dimension". Open on the Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 2.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. and on the Wednesday and Saturday from 10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

>>> Conference/Debate on the LHC "The LHC: an accelerator of science". Thursday 11 October from 8.00 p.m. to 10 p.m.

CERN will soon commission the world’s most powerful accelerator, the LHC. This machine, the latest and greatest in a long line of CERN accelerators, is designed to provide answers to the remaining unsolved mysteries surrounding the building blocks of matter.

Speakers : Jean-Philippe Tock, Jean-Pierre Revol, Daniel Denegri, Richard Jacobsson and Laurent Chevalier

Free entrance. Please book by calling + 41 (0)22 767 76 76

>>> "Poussière d’étoiles" workshop: Saturday 13 October from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

The "Poussière d’étoiles" (Stardust) workshop will feature a real cloud chamber in which you will be able to see the tracks of particles travelling through the air close to the speed of light. Take your first steps as a physicist and learn the ABC of particle detection and identification.

Tel.: 022 767 76 76 - Fax: 022 767 87 10

Visits.service@cern.ch

Information on future events can be found here