Beamtimes and Lifetimes

The World of High Energy Physicists

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1992-02-01
Mått:156 x 235 x 13 mm
Vikt:295 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:206
Förlag:Harvard University Press
ISBN:9780674063488

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Fysik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Sharon Traweek is Professor of Anthropology at Rice University.

Recensioner i media

Traweek gets inside the heads of physicists… She shows their similarities and difference, how their careers are shaped, how they interact with their colleagues, how they do physics and how their ideas about time and space shape their social structure. Traweek has produced a revealing and intimate look at this exclusive world and its mores.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Acknowledgments Prologue: An Anthropologist Studies Physicists Touring the Site: Powerful Places in the Laboratory Inventing Machines That Discover Nature: Detectors at SLAC and KEK Pilgrim's Progress: Male Tales Told During a Life in Physics Ground States: Distinctions and the Ties That Bind Buying Time and Taking Space: Negotiations, Collaboration, and Change Epilogue: Knowledge and Passion Notes Index