Bill Bryson's Notes From A Large Hadron Collider

The bestselling author visits CERN and meets the scientists who are hoping to unlock the secrets of the Universe.

In the event that it fell to you to identify the most exciting place on the planet, the likelihood is small, I imagine, that you would pack a bag and travel at once to Switzerland. Still less, I dare say, would you turn your back on Geneva and head out past its western suburbs and into the pleasant but uneventful countryside beyond. There, in a broad valley shared with France, stands a collection of buildings that look like the leftovers from a 1960s Festival of Bad Design.

Full article by Bill Bryson at the Times Online