
Fermilab
Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience
University of Chicago Press
Will be published approx. on 15. April 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
520 pages
978-0-226-34624-3 (ISBN)
Description
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, located in the western suburbs of Chicago, has stood at the frontier of high-energy physics for forty years. "Fermilab" is the first history of this laboratory and of its powerful accelerators told from the point of view of the people who built and used them for scientific discovery. Focusing on the first two decades of research at Fermilab, during the tenure of the laboratory's charismatic first two directors, Robert R. Wilson and Leon M. Lederman, the authors trace the rise of what they call "megascience," the collaborative struggle to conduct large-scale international experiments in a climate of limited federal funding. In the midst of this new climate, "Fermilab" illuminates the growth of the modern research laboratory during the Cold War and captures the drama of human exploration at the cutting edge of science.
Reviews / Votes
"Fermilab will be of interest to anyone curious about science and science policy." (Physics World) "Fermilab's story is well told and attractively framed in the book, a fitting capstone for the edifice of historical scholarship that the authors have erected over 30 years. Megascience requires 'megahistory,' and Hoddeson knows how to pioneer in that field." (Science)"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-34624-3 (9780226346243)
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Hoddeson Lillian Hoddeson | Kolb Adrienne W. Kolb | Westfall Catherine Westfall
Fermilab
Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience
E-Book
08/2009
1st Edition
University of Chicago Press
€48.99
Available for download
Persons
Lillian Hoddeson is the Thomas M. Siebel Professor of History of Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Adrienne W. Kolb is the Fermilab archivist. Catherine Westfall is visiting associate professor at Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University.