Big Science
Download or Read eBook Big Science PDF written by Michael Hiltzik and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Michael Hiltzik |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 528 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781451675764 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1451675763 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Big Science by : Michael Hiltzik
Book excerpt: A heroic time -- South Dakota boy -- "I'm going to be famous" -- Shims and sealing wax -- Oppie -- The deuton affair -- The cyclotron republic -- John Lawrence's mice -- Laureate -- Mr. Loomis -- "Ernest, are you ready?" -- The racetrack -- Oak Ridge -- The road to Trinity -- The postwar bonanza -- Oaths and loyalties -- The shadow of the Super -- Livermore -- The Oppenheimer affair -- The return of small science -- The "clean bomb" -- Element 103.
