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Particle and nuclear

Angels & Demons, Tom Hanks and Peter Higgs: how CERN sold its story to the world

23 Jul 2024

With CERN turning 70 this year, the lab’s former head of communications James Gillies reveals how his team handled unprecedented global interest in the world’s most powerful collider, which ranged from fears of killer black holes to visits from celebrities

A group of people including Tom Hanks in front of the ATLAS detector at CERN
Hello Hollywood Set partly at CERN, the hit movie Angels & Demons starred Tom Hanks (second from left), who is shown touring the ATLAS detector in February 2009. (Courtesy: CERN)
“Read this,” said my boss as he dropped a book on my desk sometime in the middle of the year 200

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James Gillies was head of CERN’s communications team from 2003 to 2016
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