CERN appeared a gigantic enterprise to the young people who started to work for the fledgling organization from 1952 onwards. The adventure was vividly described via recollections recorded in interviews carried out by Marilena Streit-Bianchi for the CERN Archives between 1993 and 1997. As a tribute to some of those who passed away before the 60th anniversary, CERN Courier has published some edited extracts that cover a few of the different evolving facets of the organization from the early 1950s to the late 1970s.
Read more: "In their own words"– CERN Courier