Category Archives: CERN

Diversity? Who needs your diversity, we already know we are the smartest people in the room.

Posted on 1 October 2018 by Sylvia McLain

I am a member of an exclusive club. We, in our club, decide who the smartest people in the world are. The club, naturally, only contains white women who are below 5 foot 3 inches in height; 1.61 meters for … Continue reading →

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The Boson

Posted on 3 July 2012 by Henry Gee

(with apologies to Hilaire Belloc.) The Boson is so very small You cannot make it out at all, Though physicists have money on Its presence in the Tevatron. Notwithstanding the concern Of colleagues beavering at CERN All hoping that it … Continue reading →

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