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A Political History of Big ScienceIntroduction: History and Politics of Big Science in Europe

A Political History of Big Science: Introduction: History and Politics of Big Science in Europe [This chapter introduces the concept of Big Science from several perspectives. These range from rather traditional understandings of Big Science as a representation of large particle physics projects in the Cold War to emerging approaches such as “Big Science Transformed” or “New Big Science” that also consider Research Infrastructures and the increasing role of synchrotron radiation sources, free-electron lasers and neutron sources. Moreover, this chapter contextualises the history of Big Science in Europe with regard to both scientific and political dimensions including, for instance, the history of research with synchrotron radiation, ions and neutrons, as well as particle physics research, but also political aspects such as the role of the French-German partnership or the emerging role of Russia.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
ISBN
978-3-030-50048-1
Pages
1 –26
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-50049-8_1
Publisher site
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Abstract

[This chapter introduces the concept of Big Science from several perspectives. These range from rather traditional understandings of Big Science as a representation of large particle physics projects in the Cold War to emerging approaches such as “Big Science Transformed” or “New Big Science” that also consider Research Infrastructures and the increasing role of synchrotron radiation sources, free-electron lasers and neutron sources. Moreover, this chapter contextualises the history of Big Science in Europe with regard to both scientific and political dimensions including, for instance, the history of research with synchrotron radiation, ions and neutrons, as well as particle physics research, but also political aspects such as the role of the French-German partnership or the emerging role of Russia.]

Published: Sep 1, 2020

Keywords: Big Science; Research Infrastructures; European Union; Europe; History; Politics

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