Editor's Summary
11 September 2008
Well met
Starting this week with François de Rose's reflections on the 1951 conference that created the CERN particle physics laboratory, a new Essay series recalls six scientific meetings that changed the world. Written by someone who was right there, each piece describes what it was like to experience such a momentous event, and looks back on its lasting legacy.
Editorial: Brave new worlds
A new series of essays looks back at scientific meetings that had world-changing consequences.
doi:10.1038/455137b
Essay: Meetings that changed the world: Paris 1951: The birth of CERN
François de Rose chaired the meeting that founded Europe's premier facility for experimental nuclear and particle research. Here he relives the five days of drama that changed the world of physics.
François de Rose
doi:10.1038/455174a
