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Tom Hanks, the actor and star of Forrest Gump, will turn on the Large Hadron Collider, designed to recreate the 'Big Bang', when it is finally repaired.
Steve Myers, Cern's director of accelerators and technology, told Nature News that he gave the actor a tour of the laboratory on February 13 and asked him if he would return for the switch-on, to which the actor agreed.
Cern's head of communications, James Gillies, confirmed that the facility would be delighted to have Hanks there to restart the collider, which organisers hope will take place in June.
The machine is designed to simulate the "Big Bang", which started the universe 15 billion years ago, by smashing subatomic particles together at energies never before achieved.
Originally posted by karl 12
Will Forest Gump destroy the world?
Probably not but its been reported that Tom Hanks has been chosen to switch on the Large Hadron Collider in June later this year after scientists picked up the £20 million repair bill.
(If it creates a black hole then Forest should run).
Tom Hanks, the actor and star of Forrest Gump, will turn on the Large Hadron Collider, designed to recreate the 'Big Bang', when it is finally repaired.
Steve Myers, Cern's director of accelerators and technology, told Nature News that he gave the actor a tour of the laboratory on February 13 and asked him if he would return for the switch-on, to which the actor agreed.
Cern's head of communications, James Gillies, confirmed that the facility would be delighted to have Hanks there to restart the collider, which organisers hope will take place in June.
The machine is designed to simulate the "Big Bang", which started the universe 15 billion years ago, by smashing subatomic particles together at energies never before achieved.
www.telegraph.co.uk...
Originally posted by karl 12
Steve Myers, Cern's director of accelerators and technology, told Nature News that he gave the actor a tour of the laboratory on February 13 and asked him if he would return for the switch-on, to which the actor agreed.
Originally posted by karl 12
reply to post by thisguyrighthere
It mentions in the article that his upcoming flick 'Angels and Demons' has CERN in the storyline so I suspect those pesky PR consultants have been at it again.
Originally posted by ranswer
lol, this reminds me of the Simpsons movie...
Hello, I'm Tom Hanks. The U.S. government has lost its credibility, so it's borrowing some of mine.
[edit on 18/2/2009 by ranswer]