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Big Science

Ernest Lawrence and the Invention That Launched the Military-Industrial Complex

Big Science( )
Author: Hiltzik, Michael
ISBN:978-1-4516-7575-7
Publication Date:Jul 2015
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $30.00
Book Description:

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Los Angeles Times contributor, the untold story of how science went "big," built the bombs that helped win World War II, and became dependent on government and industry--and the forgotten genius who started it all, Ernest Lawrence. Since the 1930s, the scale of scientific endeavors has grown exponentially. Machines have become larger, ambitions bolder. The first particle accelerator cost less than one hundred dollars and...
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Book Details
Pages:528
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
Science / Physics / Nuclear
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 1.6 Inches
Book Weight:1.608 Pounds



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