A 51 slide presentation in French for a general audience. Delivered at the "Cité des Sciences" in Paris, "Rencontres du Ciel et de l'Espace," November, 2010
This presentation covers the following topics:
-The LHC
--what it is
--what it looks like
--where it is located
--the international nature of CERN & experiment collaborations
--the experiments
-Accelerators
--A brief history on accelerators
--What accelerators can do
-The scientific goals of the LHC
-Particle Physics in General
--history & the basics
-Impact on Technology and Society
-First LHC Results
-Concluding remarks
Presentation by: Yves Sirois, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS-IN2P3 Ecole Polytechnique
Presentation date: 2010



