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Big Science:
The Growth of Large-Scale Research
Edited by Peter L. Galison & Bruce Hevly
Physicists, historians, and anthropologists examine the transition of research in the physical sciences from the individuals or small groups after World War II, to the huge projects
that now involve hundreds of scientists. The 13 papers, from a 1988 workshop at Stanford University, consider the American, European, and Japanese experience.
"This book will be of great interest to historians, physicists, economists, engineers, and policymakers alike....Sometimes the surrounding American industry stimulated new developments in academic physics departments in the U.S. rather than the other way about. Those who wish to study the complexity of these interrelationships, which are still evolving and changing, can do no better than to read this exciting and thought-provoking book." -- Physics World
Contact
- Email: galison@fas.harvard.edu
- Phone: (617) 495-3544
Peter's Work
Classes:
- HS 97b: Tutorial - Sophomore Year
- HS 120: History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
- HS 121: History and Philosophy of Experimentation
- HS 152: Filming Science
- HS 222r: Research in the History and Philosophy of Physical Sciences
- HS 283: Technoprivacy
- HS 295r: Scientific and Legal Doubt: Inter-School, Faculty-Student Workshop
- General Examination (Ph.D.)
- Science A-41: The Einstein Revolution
