Bertha Camilla Schütz (known as Maria) was born…
In October 1918 Wolfgang Pauli left Vienna to…
Wolfgang Pauli, Werner Heisenberg and Enrico…
Despite some reservations about his lecturing…
On 4 December 1930, Wolfgang Pauli wrote his…
Among the scientific documents in CERN’s Wolfgang…
Wolfgang Pauli is seen here with his former…
Wolfgang Pauli was awarded the 1945 Nobel prize…
The date on this menu for Wolfgang Pauli’s Nobel…
“We have just signed the Agreement which…
Too often trip reports are just boring…
After long months of negotiation - success! The…
Even before the official creation of CERN in 1954…
A historic moment passed almost unnoticed on 17…
A telegram from Jean Mussard informed Edoardo…
When the CERN Convention was signed in 1953, it…
Has it ever struck you as odd that the initials…
In his seasonal greetings to CERN’s Director-…
“Wholeheartedly agree – the sooner the better…
“On this tenth day of June, one thousand nine…
Voting for the Committee members of CERN’s newly…
The Journal of Jocular Physics, published by the…
When CERN was just over a year old, the…
On 14 June 1956 a telegram from Frederick Reines…
Safety is top priority in any scientific research…
In June 1957, V. F. Weisskopf proudly announced…
A log book entry written by Wolfgang Gentner, the…
During the construction of CERN in the 1950s,…
The 8th Annual International Conference on High…
Fans of vintage British TV science documentaries…
The 30cm liquid hydrogen bubble chamber (HBC30…
‘It is a pleasure to introduce our long expected…
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s…
The PS came into operation on 24 November 1959,…
Demand for CERN’s Mercury computer had increased…
CERN has the privilege of housing the scientific…
Conferences are a great way to promote…
If you’re not ready to start the New Year yet,…
On 6 March 1961 François de Rose pressed the…
By 1962, with CERN’s long-term accelerator…
It needed more than a broom to tackle the giant…
A buzz of excitement marked the start of neutrino…
This remarkable photo, used on the cover of the…
If you were one of the estimated 70,000 visitors…
The tradition of holding a Christmas party for…
A suggestion to ease parking problems on the CERN…
On 21 February 1966 the Swiss Postal Authorities…
In March 1968 staff were invited to watch the new…
CERN’s internal magazine carried detailed…
Dialling zero for an outside line could be…
Summer at CERN means summer students – and a…
Astronaut Rusty Schweickart’s visit to CERN on 4…
A new group set up at CERN in the 1970s had…
The scene is the control room of the Intersecting…
A “modest ceremony” marked the opening of a new…
What is a computer? Why does CERN need the new ‘…
A team photo celebrates the completion of the SPS…
A trip to China in September 1975 helped pave the…
On 7 may 1977 Europe inaugurated the world’s…
Official 25th anniversary celebrations were held…
CERN is a centre for scientific research, but…
CERN staff and their families were joined by…
This photo shows one of the 4,500 visitors at…
Tim Berners-Lee made a first proposal for…
