Nikhef (UK)
For love of magnets
Jan 2010
Click the small picture for the big picture. No Large Hadron Collider without magnets. Arjan Verweij is a specialist in superconductive electromagnets that form the heart of the LHC project. After twenty years at CERN he is still learning new things and he has signed on for twenty more. He carries Swiss francs in one trouser pocket and euro’s in the other. That is because when he wants to have lunch, he can choose from three canteens in two countries. It is just one of the curious things at CERN in Geneva.
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