Beamtimes and Lifetimes

Sharon Traweek

ISBN 10: 0674063481 / ISBN 13: 9780674063488

Edité par HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Mär 1992, 1992

A propos de cet article

Neuware - The unique breed of particle physicists constitutes a community of sophisticated mythmakers--explicators of the nature of matter who forever alter our views of space and time. But who are these people What is their world really like Sharon Traweek, a bold and original observer of culture, opens the door to this unusual domain and offers us a glimpse into the inner sanctum.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Beamtimes and Lifetimes
• Éditeur: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Mär 1992
• Date de parution: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0674063481
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780674063488
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 0 L x 0 H x 0 P (en millimètres) 0 millimètres de largeur par 0 millimètres de hauteur par 0 millimètres de profondeur

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Synopsis

Looks at the life of particle physicists, showing who these people are and what their world is really like. Traweek shows their similarities and differences, how their careers are shaped, how they interact with their colleagues and how their ideas about time and space shape their social structure.

À propos de l?auteur

Sharon Traweek is Professor of Anthropology at Rice University.