By Stephen Hawking About the author: Professor Stephen W. Hawking is probably the only living scientist today who needs no introduction to the public in this world. Professor Stephen Hawking presented the following statements by the invitation of Professor Shing-Tung Yau. Particle physics is definitely not a dying field. It is however an entirely different…
Interview with Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg — Discussing High Energy Colliders
By Steven Weinberg and Hong-Jian He About the Interviewee: Steven Weinberg is a renowned theoretical physicist and a great master of modern physics. He is currently the Josey Regental Chair Professor in Science at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is on faculty of the Physics Department and Astronomy Department. He is a…
Interview: Nobel Laureate Sheldon Glashow Discussing Future High Energy Colliders
By Sheldon Lee Glashow and Hong Jian He About the Interviewee: Sheldon Lee Glashow is a renowned theoretical physicist, the Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University until 2000, and currently the Metcalf Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Boston University. He is a major founder of the Standard Model of particle physics, and one…
Interview: Edward Witten Discussing Future High Energy Colliders
By Edward Witten and Hong-Jian He Edward Witten is currently the Charles Simonyi Professor at Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He recently visited Beijing, where he attended the international conference of String-2016 hosted by Tsinghua University, and right before this meeting he and Professor David Gross (Laureate of Nobel Physics Prize 2004) received Honorary Doctorate…
Why China Should Build The Great Collider: A Response to C.N. Yang
By David Gross Professor C.N. Yang is one of the great figures in physics of the last century. However, I disagree with all the objections to building the “Great Collider” in China that he has recently voiced. Before addressing Professor Yang’s points, it is perhaps worth explaining why I feel compelled to voice my opinions…
Supplement to the “Giant Collider in China” Debate
By Henry Tve Background on Prof. C.N. Yang’s opinion on high-energy physics (HEP), sometimes referred to as elementary particle physics, or just particle physics. I have expressed my personal view supporting the construction of the giant collider in China. Prof. S.T. Yau and Prof. Yifang Wang have already explained clearly the rationale behind this collider…
It is Suitable Now for China to Build Large Collider
By Yifang Wang About the author: Yifang Wang is the director of Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Today (September 4th) “The Intellectuals” published Prof. Chen-Ning Yang’s article “It’s not suitable now for China to construct the large collider”. As an experimentalist and the current Director of Institute…
China Should Not Build a Super-Collider Now
By C.N. Yang In an article published in WeChat public account “Mr. Gu on Geometry”, titled “S. T. Yau: A few comments on the construction of high energy collider in China, and answer to questions from the media”, he said he support the construction of super collider in China, but I (Yang) am against, he…
Comments on the Construction of a High-Energy Collider in China and Reply to Media’s Questions
By Shing-Tung Yau Recently many news media outlets are paying close attention to the possibility of building a high-energy collider in China. This is a good thing since many scientists from all over the world are excited about this project. Unfortunately, some in the news media are so eager to get attention that they have…
“From the Great Wall…” Reference in Caixin’s Collider Article
The article, China Plans World’s Largest Particle Collider to Unlock Universe’s Mysteries, by Zhang Yan and Yu Dawei of Caixin Online, discusses the support and criticism of the potential construction of a super collider in China. The authors refer to “From the Great Wall…” to give readers an idea of the impact a super collider…
From the Great Wall to the Great Collider 