During a visit to the CERN Control Center, one witnesses scientific research activity and ultra-high energy particle collisions. The account highlights the enthusiasm for discoveries, such as that of the Higgs boson, and the idea that the Universe is still largely unknown.

Fabiola Gianotti's story combines professional growth and creative vision: from her beginnings in international protocol to a meeting with Barack Obama, to designing a space conceived to connect people and ideas, with an ironic ending related to the Higgs Boson.

This part highlights Peter Higgs himself, and his winning of the 2013 Nobel prize in physics. This reflected also on Fabiola, who was the first woman to direct the Geneva Institute. Through testimonies and interviews, her extraordinary scientific career is highlighted, along with her modesty, and the account of her childhood dreams.

Initially, supersymmetric particles were being sought, but without results, and surprisingly the Higgs boson was observed after only two years. Fabiola Gianotti's seminar at the CERN Auditorium, followed by an enthusiastic audience, officially announced the discovery, generating great excitement in the scientific community.

On March 30th, 2010, the first proton collisions took place in the Large Hadron Collider, a historic moment for physics. After 20 years of work, the scientists celebrated the success of the event, marking the beginning of a new era in scientific discoveries.

The world of research can also be told with lightness and self-irony: through traditions like an annual play, scientists transform discoveries and great protagonists into opportunities for joking and sharing, revealing the more human and fun side of theoretical physics.

Fabiola Gianotti's account retraces a serious technical incident that affects a major scientific experiment, the initial shock and the subsequent recovery. In parallel, her personal reflections and the strong emotions linked to the responsibility of leading the project emerge.

Here is the account of the startup of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN on September 10, 2008, when for the first time proton beams began to circulate in the accelerator ring. The event, followed live by the media, is presented as a historic moment for science, despite the fears and catastrophic news spread in those days.

In this part Fabiola Gianotti talks about the connection between science and creativity, combining physics and music as universal forms of expression. She also explains the work of the Large Hadron Collider, where proton beams are made to collide to study the universe right after the Big Bang.

The physicists describe their amazement at the grandeur of the detector, a symbol of collective scientific effort that unites different cultures to understand the universe. A work compared to a cathedral, an expression of science as part of civilization's progress.

Fabiola and her colleagues retrace the long journey toward the discovery of the Higgs boson: from Peter Higgs' theoretical intuition to the difficult meetings at CERN, up to the realization of the Large Hadron Collider, initially considered almost impossible.

In this part, the encounter with physicist Fabiola Gianotti at CERN is retraced, highlighting her scientific talent, humanity and prominent role in international research. Between personal memories and reflections on theoretical and experimental physics, the importance of collaboration between the two fields emerges, recalled by the example of the discovery of the Higgs boson.

In the video Renzo Piano and Fabiola tell about CERN as a symbol of the cultural and scientific rebirth of the post-war period. Through personal memories and everyday dialogues, CERN emerges as a place of human and international encounter, founded on curiosity, peaceful collaboration and love for knowledge.

Fabiola Gianotti describes CERN as a place of encounter, growth and international cooperation; a young and multicultural environment where science is experienced in a democratic way. The archival images celebrate the original spirit of CERN: an extraordinary adventure.

Fabiola Gianotti here tells the story of how her passion for physics was born: from the influence of a great teacher and from reading Marie Curie's biography, to choosing physics as a fundamental discipline and arriving at CERN, experienced as an extraordinary place for scientific research.