Fabiola Gianotti
Fabiola Gianotti
Fabiola Gianottiis an Italian particle physicist and the Director-General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Her mandate began on 1 January 2016 and runs for a period of five years. She is the first woman to hold the position of CERN Director-General...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPhysicist
Date of Birth29 October 1960
CountryItaly
music beautiful nature
I like the beauty of physics, nature is beautiful, it is my second soul to music.
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The top quark was discovered in 1995 and since then the Higgs has become an because the standard model was incomplete with out it.
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I grew up in environment that had more women in science.
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Musical harmony is based on physical principles, while in cooking, ingredients must be weighed out with precision. At the same time, you have to be able to invent because if one follows the same recipe all the time, you never create anything new.
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Like in nature, I like things which are based on a few simple principles, even though their manifestation can be very rich.
people
Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.
concrete peace
CERN is a concrete example of worldwide, international co-operation - and a concrete example of peace. The place which makes, in my opinion, better scientists, but also better people.
compared mankind
Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
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Art is based on very clear, mathematical principles like proportion and harmony. At the same time, physicists need to be inventive, to have ideas, to have some fantasy.
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From a scientific point of view, our mission is to seek answers to the fundamental questions about the universe. Many are open - we don't know about dark matter, which accounts for a quarter of the universe's matter, nor do we know why there's antimatter.
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My efforts are focused on ensuring that CERN maintains a leading role in the fields of science, technology and education, and that it continues to be a place that unites scientists from around the world.
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With the discovery of the Higgs boson, one of the questions has been ticked off the list, but there are many others. We hope that we can find answers or hints for answers to at least some of them. But of course, this is in the hands of nature.