FERMILAB, 1965-1990: A Case Study in the Emergence of Big Science

Hoddeson博士和Westfall博士正在继续探索 大规模研究出现的关键特征， 美国通过密切审查的成立和第一次 费米国家加速器实验室（Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory） （费米实验室），世界上能量最高的粒子的基地 加速器 随着美国准备进入一个新的阶段 在前所未有的规模上追求科学，例如，的 超导超级对撞机（SSC），人类基因组计划和 载人空间站，更深入地了解 通过详细的案例研究， 至关重要。 通过文献研究，辅以口述历史 与主要参与者的访谈，该项目旨在 研究大科学的历史问题，包括： 研究规模、范围和设施成本的增加， 实验;研究的变化导致更大的 工作团队，预算和时间表;理论的作用 实验和加速器中的模型和计算机分析 建筑;以及地理集中的影响， 国家和国际政治以及经济政策。

Drs. Hoddeson and Westfall are continuing their exploration of the critical features in the emergence of large-scale research in America through a close examination of the founding and first decades of operation of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), the base of the world's highest energy particle accelerator. As the United States prepares to enter a new phase in the pursuit of science on unprecedented scales, e.g., the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), the Human Genome Project and the Manned Space Station, deeper understanding of the workings of "big science" through detailed case studies becomes especially vital. Through research in documents, supplemented by oral history interviews with leading participants, the project is designed to examine historical problems of big science, including: the effects on research of increased size, scope, and cost of facilities and experiments; changes in research resulting from much larger working teams, budgets, and time-scales; the role of theoretical models and computer analysis in experimentation and accelerator building; and the influences of geographical concentration, national and international politics, and economic policy.