Former CERN head has served science and peace for 100 years

In his 100 years, Herwig Schopper has learnt above all that positive breakthroughs only happen through collaboration.

He is the grandfather of the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, helped promote peace through a Middle Eastern science hub, and has his qualms about the Nobel Prize. If former CERN director Herwig Schopper has learned anything during his 100 years on Earth, it’s that breakthroughs only happe... More info