The Superconducting Super Collider Project
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Tunnel Visions
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Author : Michael Riordan
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2015-11-20
Tunnel Visions written by Michael Riordan and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-20 with Science categories.
“A detailed and engaging account of the development of the superconducting supercollider, one of the largest scientific undertakings in the United States.” —Journal of American History Starting in the 1950s, US physicists dominated the search for elementary particles; aided by the association of this research with national security, they held this position for decades. In an effort to maintain their hegemony and track down the elusive Higgs boson, they convinced President Reagan and Congress to support construction of the multibillion-dollar Superconducting Super Collider project in Texas—the largest basic-science project ever attempted. But after the Cold War ended and the estimated SSC cost surpassed ten billion dollars, Congress terminated the project in October 1993. Drawing on extensive archival research, contemporaneous press accounts, and over one hundred interviews with scientists, engineers, government officials, and others involved, Tunnel Visions tells the riveting story of the aborted SSC project. The authors examine the complex, interrelated causes for its demise, including problems of large-project management, continuing cost overruns, and lack of foreign contributions. In doing so, they ask whether Big Science has become too large and expensive, including whether academic scientists and their government overseers can effectively manage such an enormous undertaking. “Focusing on the scientific, technical, and political conflicts that led to delays, ever rising costs, and eventually the SSC’s cancelation by Congress, Tunnel Visions is a true techno-thriller.” —Burton Richter, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics “Most good science stories are tales of discovery and success, but failure can be just as riveting. Here two historians and an archivist describe the greatest particle physics experiment that never was.” —Scientific American
Tunnel Visions
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Author : Michael Riordan
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2015-11-20
Tunnel Visions written by Michael Riordan and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-20 with History categories.
In October 1993 the US Congress terminated the Superconducting Super Collider at the time the largest basic-science project ever attempted, with a total cost estimated to exceed $10 billion. Its termination was a watershed event a pivot point not only in the history of physics but also for science in general. "Tunnel Visions" follows the evolution of the endeavor from its origins in the Reagan Administration s military buildup of the early 1980s to its post-Cold War demise a decade later. The failure of the SSC raises the question of whether Big Science has become too big and expensive; can scientists and their government backers effectively manage such enormous undertakings? The case of the Super Collider offers important lessons about the conditions required to build and sustain a large scientific laboratory, and the rise and fall of the SSC also serves as a cautionary tale about the long-term viability of a research community that comes to depend as much as did US high-energy physics upon a single experimental facility of such an unprecedented scale. Riordan, Hoddeson, and Kolb have written the definitive history of the SSC. "
The Superconducting Super Collider Project
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
The Superconducting Super Collider Project written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Political Science categories.
The Large Hadron Collider
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Author : Lyndon R. Evans
language : en
Publisher: EPFL Press
Release Date : 2009-01-01
The Large Hadron Collider written by Lyndon R. Evans and has been published by EPFL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Hadron colliders categories.
Describes the technology and engineering of the Large Hadron collider (LHC), one of the greatest scientific marvels of this young 21st century. This book traces the feat of its construction, written by the head scientists involved, placed into the context of the scientific goals and principles.
Termination Of The Superconducting Super Collider Project
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Termination Of The Superconducting Super Collider Project written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Political Science categories.
Einstein S Bridge
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Author : John Cramer
language : en
Publisher: Baen Books
Release Date : 2023-05-02
Einstein S Bridge written by John Cramer and has been published by Baen Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-02 with Fiction categories.
Somewhere in the Multiverse, in a lab distant from the Makers’ Planet, Tunnel Maker, Creator of Bridges, answers an alarm. His inter-universe probe is detecting signals from another bubble universe, indicating that some new high-intelligence alien species is doing high-energy physics and creating hyperdimensional signals. Tunnel Maker knows that, in another bubble universe, the predatory Hive Mind should be receiving the same signals. It is time to make a Bridge . . . George Griffin, experimental physicist working at the newly-operational Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), observes a proton-proton collision that doesn’t make sense. He chases it down and discovers a Bridgehead, a wormhole link to the Makers’ universe. With help from theorist Roger Coulton and writer Alice Lancaster, he establishes communication with the Makers, only to learn that a Hive invasion of Earth is imminent. As the Hive invasion is destroying humanity, by wormhole the Makers transport George and Roger back to 1987, where they must undertake the task of manipulating the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations to change the future and prevent construction of the SSC. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Superconducting Super Collider Project Teacher Book
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Author : Frank T. Anbari
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Superconducting Super Collider Project Teacher Book written by Frank T. Anbari and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Political Science categories.
Facing Up
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Author : Steven Weinberg
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2012-03-01
Facing Up written by Steven Weinberg and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with Science categories.
Defending the spirit of science against its cultural adversaries, these essays express a viewpoint that is reductionist, realist, and devoutly secular. Together, they afford the general reader the unique pleasure of experiencing the superb sense, understanding, and knowledge of one of the most interesting and forceful scientific minds of our era.
The Particle At The End Of The Universe
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Author : Sean Carroll
language : en
Publisher: Dutton
Release Date : 2013-08-27
The Particle At The End Of The Universe written by Sean Carroll and has been published by Dutton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-27 with Science categories.
"The Higgs boson ... is the key to understanding why mass exists and how atoms are possible. After billions of dollars and decades of effort by more than six thousand researchers at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland--a doorway is opening into the mind-boggling world of dark matter and beyond. Caltech physicist and acclaimed writer Sean Carroll explains both the importance of the Higgs boson and the ultimately human story behind the greatest scientific achievement of our time"--Publisher.
Superconducting Super Collider Project
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Author : Frank T. Anbari
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Superconducting Super Collider Project written by Frank T. Anbari and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Project management categories.