Big science : (Record no. 54302)
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| fixed length control field | 02397nam a22001937a 4500 |
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| fixed length control field | 191111b2015 ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781451675764 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 530.092 HIL-M |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hiltzik, Michael |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Big science : |
| Remainder of title | earnest Lawrence and the invention that launched the Military Complex / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Michael Hiltzik |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | India |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Simon and Schuster |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2015 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 512 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | INR |
| Price amount | 699.00. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | The epic story of how science went “big” and the forgotten genius who started it all—“entertaining, thoroughly researched…partly a biography, partly an account of the influence of Ernest Lawrence’s great idea, partly a short history of nuclear physics and the Bomb” (The Wall Street Journal).<br/><br/>Since the 1930s, the scale of scientific endeavor has grown exponentially. The first particle accelerator could be held in its creator’s lap, while its successor grew to seventeen miles in circumference and cost ten billion dollars. We have invented the atomic bomb, put man on the moon, and probed the inner workings of nature at the scale of subatomic particles—all the result of Big Science, the model of industrial-scale research paid for by governments, departments of defense, and corporations that has driven the great scientific projects of our time.<br/><br/>The birth of Big Science can be traced nearly nine decades ago in Berkeley, California, when a young scientist with a talent for physics declared, “I’m going to be famous!” His name was Ernest Orlando Lawrence. His invention, the cyclotron, would revolutionize nuclear physics, but that was only the beginning of its impact, which would be felt in academia, industry, and international politics. It was the beginning of Big Science.<br/><br/>“An exciting book….A bright narrative that captures the wonder of nuclear physics without flying off into a physics Neverland….Big Science is an excellent summary of how physics became nuclear and changed the world” (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland). This is the “absorbing and expansive” (Los Angeles Times) story that is “important for understanding how science and politics entwine in the United States…with striking details and revealing quotations” (The New York Times Book Review). |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Physicists |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | United States |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Cyclotrons |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 530 | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | General Stack (For lending) | 11/11/2019 | 530.092 HIL-M | 40039 | 13/07/2024 | Books |