The event is aimed at the CERN community and CERN Alumni and Retirees, therefore physical attendance will require having a valid CERN access card. 

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The author of the new book "I conquistatori dell'invisibile: Amaldi, Rubbia e i geni italiani del CERN" will give a talk at the CERN Library:

The CERN laboratory in Geneva, the European center for nuclear research, is not only the world’s leading institution for investigating the mysteries of the atom, but also the result of one of Europe’s most visionary and courageous scientific ventures, inspired by two distinguished scientists: the Italian Edoardo Amaldi and the French Pierre Auger.

By combining intellectual and material resources, scientists have been able to tackle the mysteries of the origins of the universe using large particle accelerators that would otherwise have been impossible to build, reconstructing its earliest moments. Italian physicists and engineers have played a leading role in this extraordinary adventure.

This book tells their stories alongside the evolution of particle physics, to which they made outstanding contributions, culminating in Carlo Rubbia’s Nobel Prize. Distinguished directors such as Luciano Maiani and Fabiola Gianotti have also guided CERN, fostering its growth and ensuring a bright future.

The event will be followed by a Q&A and signing sessions. The book is available from the CERN Library & Bookshop.

About the author: 

Giovanni Caprara is the science editor of Corriere della Sera, professor of Space Exploration at the Politecnico di Milano, and a member of the History Committee of the International Academy of Astronautics. He is the author of numerous publications on the history of science and space, translated across Europe, the United States, and China.
In 2010, he received the European Science Writers Award from the Euroscience Foundation, and in 2016 the Science Communication Prize from the Società Italiana di Fisica. The International Astronomical Union named asteroid 10928 Caprara in his honour. He is also president of UGIS (Italian Union of Scientific Journalists) and, since 2021, scientific director of the Padua Festival of Science and Innovation.