Now that they can do no science till their giant particle smasher is fixed, the Large Hadron Collider scientists are finding other ways to keep people interested.

Sergio Cittolin, who works on the Compact Muon Solenoid detector, has been sketching the different elements of his equipment “in the style of Leonardo da Vinci”.

Although they seem to have only appeared on the CERN website at the end of January, some of these drawings were originally featured in Physics World last year. They also grace the CMS website and are too cool not to share here.

Dan Brown fans will surely be thrilled to find two of their author’s interests combined.

[Hat tip: Alexis Madrigal]

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