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Outline of Big Science

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Big Science.

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Big Science – 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.

Essence of 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.

    • Areas of Big Science

  • Military science and military technology
  • Manhattan Project
  • Physics
  • Shiva laser → Nova laser → National Ignition Facility
  • Space exploration
  • Life sciences
  • Human Genome Project
  • Human Brain Project
  • Particle Physics (ex: Large Hadron Collider)
  • Astronomy (ex: Hubble Space Telescope, other Great Observatories)
  • Gravitational-wave astronomy

    • History of Big Science

    Main article: History of Big Science
  • Technology during World War II
  • Cold War
  • Nuclear arms race
  • Space race
  • Military funding of science

    • References

    Outline of Big Science Wikipedia
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