Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 15

           Itwasgoingtobetheworld’smostpowerfulparticleaccelerator!Oneofthemostimportantscientificprojectsofthecentury!TwobilliondollarsintoitandtheSenatesackstheproject!DamnBible-Beltlobbyists!"

           WhenBrownellfinallycalmeddown,heexplainedthataparticleacceleratorwasalarge,circulartubethroughwhichsubatomicparticleswereaccelerated.Magnetsinthetubeturnedonandoffinrapidsuccessionto"push"particlesaroundandarounduntiltheyreachedtremendousvelocities.Fullyacceleratedparticlescircledthetubeatover180,000milespersecond.

           "Butthat’salmostthespeedoflight,"oneoftheprofessorsexclaimed.

           "Damnright,"Brownellsaid.Hewentontosaythatbyacceleratingtwoparticlesinoppositedirectionsaroundthetubeandthencollidingthem,scientistscouldshattertheparticlesintotheirconstituentpartsandgetaglimpseofnature’smostfundamentalcomponents."Particleaccelerators,"Brownelldeclared,"arecriticaltothefutureofscience.Collidingparticlesisthekeytounderstandingthebuildingblocksoftheuniverse."

           Harvard’sPoetinResidence,aquietmannamedCharlesPratt,didnotlookimpressed."Itsoundstome,"hesaid,"likearatherNeanderthalapproachtoscience…akintosmashingclockstogethertodiscerntheirinternalworkings."

           Brownelldroppedhisforkandstormedoutoftheroom.

           SoCERNhasaparticleaccelerator?Langdonthought,astheelevatordropped.Acirculartubeforsmashingparticles.Hewonderedwhytheyhadburieditunderground.

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