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A Wednesday. Will the world survive it?

September 8, 2008
One of the leading figures behind the experiment is Dr Lynn Evans, the son of a miner, who said his fascination with science started as a boy, when he would create small explosions with his chemistry set at his council house in Aberdare.

According to media reports, there are many theories as to what will result from these collisions, but what is for sure is that a brave new world of physics will emerge from the new accelerator, as knowledge in particle physics goes on to describe the working of the Universe.

Image: The LHC has been installed in a tunnel 27 km in circumference, buried 50-150 meters below the ground.
Photograph: Johannes Simon/Getty Images

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