欧洲核子研究中心(CERN)不只是一个科学研究机构,其更大的价值在于它所产生的世界性影响;这是麻省理工学院的名誉教授韦斯科夫(V.F.Weisskopf)所下的断语。 1900年后的头一个三分之一世纪,在基础物理领域,西欧处于领先地位。后来在美国,该领域的各项研究工作差不多全都开展起来。第二次世界大战之后,西欧重新要求在该领域跃居领先地位,遂建立起一个国际性的研究中心CERN—基础物理的“欧洲联合国”。 CERN把欧洲人的传统品质——诸如结构的雅致 CERN is not just a scientific research institute, but its greater value lies in its worldwide impact; it is a remark by V.F.Weisskopf, an honorary professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The first third century after 1900 is a leading position in basic physics in Western Europe. Later in the United States, almost all the research work in this area was carried out. After World War II, Western Europe resumed its lead in this field and established CERN, the “European Union” of basic physics, as an international research center. CERN divides the traditional European qualities - such as the elegance of the structure