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Preface; About the Author; Chapter 1 The Physics Itself and Why it Needed the LHC; How the ATLAS Experiment Happened; A Guided Tour of the Physics; Particle Physics and its Cultural Impact; Creativity in Designing the LHC and ATLAS; Chapter 2 The Philosophical Context, Drawing on Content Presented b...

Physics and our Perception of HumankindChapter 3 The ATLAS Detector as an Endeavour; A Journey through the ATLAS Detector; The Trigger Sifts the Data; A Jig-Saw on the Move; Looking for the Higgs Particle, Plus a Lot More; Chapter 4 The World Comes Together -- Spreading Expertise and Garnering Resou...

A Time for Bold DecisionsThe First Taste of Real Data; Making Decisions as Data Arrives; The Future; ATLAS Computing Continues to Set the Pace; Chapter 6 The Sociology of ATLAS and CERN; Models for a Future World; Life at the Coal-Face; A Need for New Social Concepts; Nurturing the ATLAS "Social Gen...

Chapter 8 Particle Physics Transforms Medicine: Latest Examples from ATLAS and CERNGetting to know Your Neighbours; A Sensor par Excellence; A Drawer Full of Innovation; Building a Team for a Medical Challenge; National Medical Initiatives are Widespread; Chapter 9 ATLAS and CERN as an Inspiration f...

Chapter 10 Further Implications of the Physics, and Next Steps, Including Extra Dimensions of Space, Supersymmetry and Dark MatterNew Discoveries Need a Lot of Planning; Realising the Dreams: Upgrading the Detector for More Collisions; Making the Future Happen; Lots of Innovation in the Slipstream;...