"Smashing particles for two weeks now sir and the planet hasn't exploded yet..." "I trust the poets, son, the world will not end with a bang but a whimper." 'Poof!' 23 September, 2008

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"Smashing particles for two weeks now sir and the planet hasn't exploded yet..." "I trust the poets, son, the world will not end with a bang but a whimper." 'Poof!' 23 September, 2008

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In the first of two frames two scientists discuss the results from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland. The junior scientist says he has been smashing particles for two weeks now and the planet has not yet exploded and his boss says he believes the poets, that the world will end not with a bang but a whimper. In the second frame the third planet from the sun in the solar system explodes with a 'poof'. Refers to the launch of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva, Switzerlan...

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2008

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http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23119669

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Geneve

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European Council for Nuclear Research / Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland) / End of the world / Geneve

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