“It doesn't work to build half an accelerator. The particles need to go all the way around.”

— Steven Weinberg

On The Shoulders of Giants - "The Future of Science" by Steven Weinberg, World Science Festival, YouTube, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GrjjCVk6cA

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