Book ID: CBB000850345

Fermilab: Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience (2008)

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Hoddeson, Lillian Hartmann (Author)
Kolb, Adrienne W. (Author)
Westfall, Catherine L. (Author)


University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2008
Language: English


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: 512 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index

Description Focuses on the first 20 years of Fermilab under the directorships of Robert R. Wilson and Leon M. Lederman.


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Review Jones-Imhotep, Edward (2010) Review of "Fermilab: Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 259). unapi

Review Mody, Cyrus C. M. (2010) Review of "Fermilab: Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience". Technology and Culture (p. 279). unapi

Review Kragh, Helge (2011) Review of "Fermilab: Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 437). unapi

Essay Review Hamblin, Jacob Darwin (2010) Science and Technology for Every Man, Woman, and Child. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (pp. 259-267). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Crease, Robert P.
Hoddeson, Lillian Hartmann
Ploeger, Joanna S.
Alvarez-Gaumé, Luis
Andrade, Ana Maria Ribeiro de
Bai, Xin
Journals
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences
Physics in Perspective
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
European Physical Journal H
British Journal for the History of Science
Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology
Publishers
Basic Books
Springer
University of South Carolina Press
Concepts
Physics
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Particle accelerators
Government sponsored science
Research institutes; research stations
Scientific apparatus and instruments
People
Wilson, Robert Rathbun
Lederman, Leon Max
Gell-Mann, Murray
Higgs, Peter Ware
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
Europe
Germany
Switzerland
Brazil
Great Britain
Institutions
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (United States)
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory (United States)
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