![]() No fish here just a glassfronted room lined with chalkboards where theorists hold discussions.Ĭalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California The physicist who began research into matter-antimatter collisions was also known for his deft, funny caricatures and sketches, which decorate a physics department meeting room.īuilding 40, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, California ( See photo)īabson College, Babson Park, Massachusettsĭismantled and moved here in the 1930s, joining a large collection of Newtonia. Named after two Nobel laureates, this science-fiction-looking machine provides 750,000 volts for the initial acceleration of particles. Dozens of places claim to have descendents of the apple tree. Sir Isaac Newton's birthplace, Woolsthorpe ManorĪpples falling in the manor's orchard set him thinking about gravity. Tunnels lead to the 1970s wreck, buried under 20 meters of snow a favorite of physicists on the IceCube experiment taking a work break. See how major decisions in European particle physics are made. Includes 1902 lab notes on the atomic mass of radium, which are still radioactive, and Tho-Radia face cream, marketed during the "radium craze" of the 1920s. Marie Curie's office and personal laboratoryĬurie Museum, Institut Curie, Paris, France ![]() Houses a small museum devoted to the discoverer of electromagnetism, who is considered the father of modern physics. The Museum at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, England ![]() Historic recordings available from the British Library at Listen to Einstein, Kelvin, and Rutherford Waterfall near Cornell University where Hans Bethe, Richard Feynman, and many others went for inspiration. Nearby, his lab book records the discovery of plutonium-239.Ĭreated by high-energy particles slamming into gas in the upper atmosphere, the aurorae are particle physics on a glorious scale. The speck of plutonium he carried in the box is still there. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California Please send feedback and ideas for additional life list items to On the other hand, many physics labs offer tours and are more accessible than you think! Our thanks go to all the readers who sent suggestions and to the many patient people whose brains we picked along the way. Some require special access, and rules for visitors vary and may change so before you go out of your way to bag one of these items, call ahead. This is not meant to be a comprehensive account of great figures or historical moments rather, its a checklist of things you can see or do today, some as common as crows and others as hard to spot as the ivory-billed woodpecker. Here it is, in no particular order, with items ranging from the silly to the sublime. Why shouldnt particle physics fans do the same? With that in mind, in our April issue we asked readers to help us put together the first particle physics life list. A good starting point is to use the "wall" element - which is activated at the start of the game.Bird watchers have "life lists" of species they hope to see in their lifetimes. There is no end or goal of the game other than to create interesting patterns and have fun. An easy "clear screen" option if you want to start fresh.Change the speed of the movement of the various particles. ![]()
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