Do You Know These?
CERN is the birthplace of www (In Turkey METU is the
first provider).
The announcements on the walls at CERN campus are
written in 9 languages.
PHYSICS
DEPARTMENT
CERN is mentioned in the book Angels & Demons which
is a 2000 bestselling mystery-thriller novel written by
American author Dan Brown.
Part of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) will be the
world’s largest fridge. It could hold 150 000 fridge full of
sausages at a temperature colder than deep outer space.
The Nobel prize in physics has twice been awarded to
scientists whose experiments were conducted at CERN.
The laboratory also boasts several additional Nobel
Laureates among its physicists.
On 1 st October 2003 CERN and the California Institute
of Technology set a new Internet Land Speed Record
by transferring 1.1 terabytes of data in less than 30
minutes across 7000km of network. The equivalent of
transferring a full length DVD movie in 7 seconds.
Verification of the theory that explains why the sun shines
- the weak force - is one of CERN’s biggest achievements.
Since 1962, 38 heads of state have visited CERN.
There are firemen of 9 different nationalities, Bulgarian,
British, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Spanish
and Italian tackling fires with the CERN fire brigade.
When they are called out they only speak in French over
the radio.
References:
Particle Physics, A very short Introduction. Oxford
University Press, 2014.
Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_
Hadron_Collider.
Retrieved from http://lhc-machine-outreach.web.
cern.ch/lhc-machine-outreach/lhc-interesting-facts.
htm
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