Voyage to the heart of matter

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Spread 1: an ATLAS for time travel

Setting the scene for the rest of the book, the first double spread reveals the LHC, 100m below the Geneva countryside. Just pull the tab to bring particles into collision!

Spread 1

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"This is the world's biggest scientific adventure. 27 km long and 100 m below ground, the LHC accelerates the building blocks of matter to almost the speed of light before bringing them into collision, recreating the conditions in the first moments of the universe."