A special Nobel week at CERN

To celebrate the Nobel week at CERN, a special programme will feature physics Nobel Laureates Barry Barish (2017, for the discovery of gravitational waves) and Gerard Mourou (2018, for the invention of ultra-powerful pulsed laser light). 

• Tuesday December 10 at 4.30 p.m. Nobel colloquium “Probing the Universe with Gravitational Waves” by Barry Barish. At 4.00 p.m. Ugo Amaldi will give a short presentation of the book “CERN and the Higgs boson”, by James Gillies, enriched with documents on Edoardo Amaldi in an Italian translation. Find out all the details here.

• Wednesday December 11 at 4.30 p.m. Screening of the historical documentary “The decision” by Edoardo Amaldi. Find out all the details here. 

• Thursday December 12 at 4.30 p.m. Nobel Colloquium “Passion Extreme Light” by Gerard Mourou. Find out all the details here. 

All events will take place in the Main Auditorium.