lake Geneva

my first working day

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June 17th 2008
Today I officially started the job part of my journey. I met my advisor, as well as the grad. student who will be mostly helping me. Everyone in the office is fluent in French except for me, so I'm wishing I knew some. I will be working on calibrating a photomultiplier tube. My advisor says he wants me to walk away from this experience being able to say that I did something at ATLAS, and I thi ... read more

Europe » Switzerland

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The Swiss Confederation was founded in 1291 as a defensive alliance among three cantons. In succeeding years, other localities joined the original three. The Swiss Confederation secured its independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1499. Switzerland... ... read more