How big is science?

• Autores: The Editors
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 313, Nº. 4, 2015, págs. 40-41
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article focuses on big science research projects and the monetary spending on research. It calls the U.S. Manhattan Project which developed the first atomic weapons as a model for big science. It mentions brain research in Europe and the U.S. and reflects on the Human Genome Project which cost 4.7 billion dollars and took 13 years to complete. It comments on the Large Hadron Collider which researches conditions immediately following the Big Bang and talks about human space flight.