The Physicists: The History of a Scientific Community in Modern America - Couverture souple

Kevles, Daniel J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0674666569 ISBN 13 : 9780674666566

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 1995

Synopsis

This magnificent account of the coming of age of physics in America has been heralded as the best introduction to the history of science in the United States. Unsurpassed in its breadth and literary style, Daniel J. Kevles's account portrays the brilliant scientists who became a powerful force in bringing the world into a revolutionary new era. The book ranges widely as it links these exciting developments to the social, cultural, and political changes that occurred from the post-Civil War years to the present. Throughout, Kevles keeps his eye on the central question of how an avowedly elitist enterprise grew and prospered in a democratic culture.

In this new edition, the author has brought the story up-to-date by providing an extensive, authoritative, and colorful account of the Superconducting Super Collider, from its origins in the international competition and intellectual needs of high-energy particle physics, through its establishment as a multibillion-dollar project, to its termination, in 1993, as a result of angry opposition within the American physics community and Congress.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Daniel Kevles is Stanley Woodward Professor of History and Law at Yale University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674666569
• ISBN 13: 9780674666566
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 537
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