The great accelerator

by Virilio, Paul

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Title Statements

Full title :The great accelerator / Paul Virilio ; translated by Julie Rose.

Summary

On 10 September 2008, amid much fanfare, the Great Collider run by CERN in Geneva was turned on. The Collider was supposed to fire protons around a seventeen-mile loop of tunnels, causing them to crash into one another at close to the speed of light and break into even tinier particles. Nine days later the Collider broke down and had to be switched off, the accelerator temporarily silenced, the reckless search for 'God's particle' put on hold. At the same time the speeded-up markets of global finance, with screens of multi-coloured numbers designating the rapid flows of capital, are suddenly thrown into confusion when news spreads that the great Titan of Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, has filed for bankruptcy. Investors panic, share prices plunge and the accelerated markets of global finance seize up. -- Publisher description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.
Edition:English ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Polity
Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:v, 98 pages ; : 19 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:074565388X, 9780745653884, 0745653898, 9780745653891
oclc:ocn746855073
LC Classification:BD450
Dewey Decimal:303.483

The insecurity of history -- Too late for private life -- The great accelerator.

Subjects

Anthropologie -- Philosophie Anthropology -- Philosophy Fortschritt Soziale Evolution Technology -- Social aspects Temps -- Aspect social Time -- Social aspects Zeitwahrnehmung