Making physics
Subtitle: a biography of Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1946-1972
By: Robert P. Crease.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
Subjects: Brookhaven National Laboratory -- History.; Nuclear physics -- Research -- New York (State) -- Upton -- History.
Description: "From Nobel Prize-winning work in atomic physics to community concerns over radiation leaks, Brookhaven National Laboratory's ups and downs track the changing fortunes of "big science" in the United States since World War II. But Brookhaven is also unique; it was the first major national laboratory built specifically for basic civilian research. In Making Physics, Robert P. Crease brings to life the people, the instruments, the science, and the politics of Brookhaven's first quarter-century."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-423) and index.