The most famous image in particle physics is this one of the ATLAS detector at CERN. It shows the huge scale of the machine especially because there’s a person stood there for scale. But my question has always been WHO is this person? On my trip to CERN last month I was on a mission to find him… #spiritofATLAS

Dr Roger Ruber website: https://katalog.uu.se/profile/?id=N94…
ATLAS experiment: https://atlas.cern/
Visiting CERN: https://visit.cern/

To all my willing interviewees – Roger, Max, Claudia, Merin, Tara, Sam, Clara and Aaron – you guys are the best for giving up your time. Also, a giant THANK YOU to Michaela Livingston-Banks (of Nailing Science fame) who took time away from the desk to follow me around with a camera all week. And a HUGE thank you to Stephanie Hills at CERN for scheduling this whole trip and for finding Roger for me

Background music is all from the YouTube audio library and includes: The Plan is Working, Tiptoe out the Back, Adventure Theme, Magical Gravity, Spruce Tree and Saving the World.

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