The End of Superworld III

Once upon a time, the life of the high-energy physicist was dominated by frequent astonishing and spectacular discoveries: new effects or new particles that were unexpected by the lumpen proletariat appeared with great regularity. Recall the spirit of the times a century ago: with the discoveries of the inert gases in 1894, X-rays in 1895, radioactivity in 1896, and the electron in 1897. Here are a dozen more contemporary examples