The Hadron Collider is perhaps the most powerful machine built by mankind - as much politically as scientifically. 

Born from the ashes of the Manhattan Project as a beacon for peace, CERN has long sparked jaw-dropping scientific breakthroughs. When critics feared these experiments in particle physics would destroy the earth with a Black Hole, they instead led to the creation of the World Wide Web. Throughout the 70 years since its inception, these cutting-edge experiments have drawn scientists from across the world - and even warring nations - to come, collaborate and create. 

Featuring Nobel winning scientists, and one of the last surviving colleagues of the architect of the Nazi bomb programme, with rare access and rich archive, discover the history of mankind's largest ever machine built in search of the Universe's smallest particles. This is nuclear physics that promises peace, not tragedy.