Topic outline of Big Science

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Big Science is a term used by scientists and historians of science to describe a series of changes in science which occurred in industrial nations during and after World War II.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to Big Science:

Contents 1 Essence of Big Science 2 Main focuses of Big Science 3 History of Big Science 4 Basic Big Science concepts 5 Big Science scholars 6 Leaders in Big Science 7 Big Science lists 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Essence of Big Science

Main article: Big Science

• Basic research
• Big budgets - Research funding by governments. For example, see Federal grant.
• Big projects (with big staffs) - Genome Project, NASA, CERN etc.
• Big machines - Cyclotron, Space shuttle, ISS, Very Large Array, etc.
• Big laboratories - Bell Labs, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, PARC, SAP Labs, etc.

[edit] Main focuses of Big Science

• Military science and military technology
• Physics
• Space exploration

[edit] History of Big Science

Main article: History of Big Science

• Manhattan Project ^[1]
• Technology during World War II
• Cold War
• Nuclear arms race
• Space race
• Military funding of science
• Shiva laser → Nova laser → National Ignition Facility

[edit] Basic Big Science concepts

[edit] Big Science scholars

[edit] Leaders in Big Science

• United States

[edit] Big Science lists

Main article: List of Big Science topics

• List of research institutes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Australian Synchrotron
• Diamond UK Synchrotron
• Lightsources.org
• CERN Large Hadron Collider
• Synchrotrons Light Sources of the World
• A Miniature Synchrotron: room-size synchrotron offers scientists a new way to perform high-quality x-ray experiments in their own labs, Technology Review, February 04, 2008
• National Atomic Museum - The Manhattan Project
• Development of the Atomic Bomb
• Nuclear Files.org Information on the history of the Manhattan Project
• The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb from atomicarchive.com
• The Manhattan Project: A New and Secret World of Human Experimentation
• How NASA works.
• NRAO National Radio Astronomy Observatory

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