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Outline of Big Science
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Big Science. Big Science - term used by scientists and historians of science to describe a series of changes in science which occurred in industrial nations during and after World War II. Essence of Big Science * Basic research * Big budgets - Research funding by governments. For example, see Federal grant. * Big projects (with big staffs) - Genome Project, NASA, CERN etc. * Big machines - Cyclotron, Space shuttle, ISS, Very Large Array, etc. * Big laboratories - Bell Labs, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, PARC, SAP Labs, etc. Areas of Big Science * Military science and military technology ** Manhattan Project * Physics ** Shiva laser → Nova laser → National Ignition Facility ** Extreme Light Infrastructure * Space exploration * Life sciences **Human Genome Project **Human Brain Project * Particle Physics (ex: Large Hadron Collider) * Astronomy (ex: Hubble Space Telescope, other Great Observatories) ** Gravitational-wave astronomy History of Big Science * Technology during World War II * Cold War * Nuclear arms race * Space race * Military funding of science See Also
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