(by Ginter, Peter;Heuer, Rolf-Dieter;Franzobel) Large Hadron Collider is the name of the machine that will make it possible for scientists to gain insight into the beginning of our universe: a tremendous underground particle physics experiment, incredibly precise, complex and gigantic.

Jointly with Rolf-Dieter Heuer, director general of the CERN, Peter Ginter, one of the world's best photographers, and acclaimed author Franzobel deal with the largest and most complex machine ever invented by mankind: the world machine, the most exciting scientific adventure ever.

What do we know about reality? Is it just a big front, veneer? Might the scenes of our existence hide scaffolds, wire frames, storage disks, and atomic bonds?