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1. Nobelmen: The science behind particle accelerators

   Feb 22 by Lia Cardarelli

   The Prize: The 1938 and 1951 Nobel Prizes in Physics went to scientists who laid the groundwork for modern particle physics. ###The Science: Particle accelerator science, sometimes called the science of “atom smashing,” began when Ernest Rutherford. Rutherford (Nobel Prize, 1908) performed what can be thought of as the first modern atomic experiments by aiming alpha particles at a metal...