The launch of the BAC recognized the most ambitious show in the history of physics

The scientific community is summing up the grand show called “the launch of the Large Hadron Collider”, which took place on September 10, 2008. The popularity of this spectacle surpassed all expectations. According to rough estimates, the launch of the LHC was watched live on the air by about 1 billion TV viewers. On the launch day, 5,853 articles were published in the world press. This topic did not just hit the main news list, but it became the main news of the day.

Without a doubt, this show was the most ambitious in the history of physics. Experts, not without reason, hope that such attention to scientific and technical topics will contribute to the growth of the popularity of science among the younger generation. On the day of the launch of the LHC, attendance was registered at CERN one hundred (!) Times more than usual.