title: How the LHC came to be.
abstract: Approval of a project the size of the Large Hadron Collider is an exercise in politics and high finance.
authors.affiliation: UK Atomic Energy Authority Culham Division, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB, UK. chris.llewellyn-smith@ukaea.org.uk
authors.forename: Chris Llewellyn
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Smith