LHC Inauguration

Today is a special day. CERN officially inaugurated LHC.

It means that a new stage has begun in particle physics. This is a milestone. There are problems, there are always problems. It comes to mind a scene from World War II. Powell, Occhialini, Lattes and Blackett discovered the pion in 1947, during the war. I imagine heroic observations at crossed fire, to uncover the secrets of the Universe, at the risk of one's life.

Nobody, as far as I know is risking their life at LHC; but still it takes courage to spent one's life in the pursuit of truth.