Modern and future colliders

V Shiltsev, F Zimmermann - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2021 - APS
Since the initial development of charged particle colliders in the middle of the 20th century,
these advanced scientific instruments have been at the forefront of scientific discoveries in …

[BOOK][B] Investing in science: Social cost-benefit analysis of research infrastructures

M Florio - 2019 - books.google.com
A proposal for using cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of public
investment in large scientific projects. Large particle accelerators, outer space probes …

Key science goals for the next-generation Event Horizon Telescope

MD Johnson, K Akiyama, L Blackburn, KL Bouman… - Galaxies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has led to the first images of a supermassive black
hole, revealing the central compact objects in the elliptical galaxy M87 and the Milky Way …

[BOOK][B] Fermilab: Physics, the frontier, and megascience

L Hoddeson, AW Kolb, C Westfall - 2019 - degruyter.com
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, located in the western suburbs of Chicago, has stood
at the frontier of high-energy physics for forty years. Fermilab is the first history of this …

[BOOK][B] Solid state insurrection: How the science of substance made American physics matter

JD Martin - 2018 - books.google.com
Solid state physics, the study of the physical properties of solid matter, was the most
populous subfield of Cold War American physics. Despite prolific contributions to consumer …

Science diplomacy from the Global South: the case of intergovernmental science organizations

AL Rüland, N Rüffin, K Cramer… - Science and Public …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Intergovernmental science organizations (IGSOs) address many challenges of the 21st
century. Several countries of the Global South have joined established IGSOs or have …

Public support of science: A contingent valuation study of citizens' attitudes about CERN with and without information about implicit taxes

F Giffoni, M Florio - Research Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Large-scale projects in fundamental science, such as major particle colliders, radio
telescopes, synchrotron light sources are promoted by scientific communities in the first …

[BOOK][B] Science under fire: challenges to scientific authority in modern America

A Jewett - 2020 - books.google.com
Americans have long been suspicious of experts and elites. This new history explains why
so many have believed that science has the power to corrupt American culture. Americans …

Nobel Lecture: LIGO and gravitational waves II

BC Barish - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2018 - APS
Nobel Lecture: LIGO and gravitational waves II* Page 1 Nobel Lecture: LIGO and gravitational
waves II * Barry C. Barish California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA …

[BOOK][B] A Political History of Big Science

KC Cramer - 2020 - Springer
This book is about light. It explores the history and science of the brilliant light, synchrotron
radiation, that is produced at two collaborative light sources in Europe, namely, the ESRF as …