Making Physics: A Biography of Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1946-1972

Making Physics: A Biography of Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1946-1972
ISBN-10
0226120198
ISBN-13
9780226120195
Category
Science
Pages
434
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Author
Robert P. Crease

Description

From Nobel Prize-winning work in atomic physics to community concerns over radiation leaks, Brookhaven National Laboratory's ups and downs track the changing fortunes of "big science" in the United States since World War II. But Brookhaven is also unique; it was the first major national laboratory built specifically for basic civilian research. In Making Physics, Robert P. Crease brings to life the people, the instruments, the science, and the politics of Brookhaven's first quarter-century.

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