The Beginning of Big Sciences in Physics: The Price to Pay

The Beginning of Big Sciences in Physics: The Price to Pay

As long as there is freedom of research, there is the responsibility that comes with it In this paper, we want to trace back the actual changes concerning the relations between physics in particular and sciences in general with socio-economical and technological evolution of the societies. Our main...

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Main Authors: Joseph Kouneiher, Cécile Barbachoux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 2017-03-01
Series:Reports in Advances of Physical Sciences
Subjects:
Big sciences
sciences management
sciences governance
scientize politics
politicized sciences
freedom and responsibility
planned obsolescence and progress
Manhattan Project
value in sciences
knowledge-based economy
Online Access:http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S2424942417400096
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Summary:As long as there is freedom of research, there is the responsibility that comes with it In this paper, we want to trace back the actual changes concerning the relations between physics in particular and sciences in general with socio-economical and technological evolution of the societies. Our main idea is that those changes started with the Atomic Bomb project and the beginning of big sciences mostly and in some degree it is a legacy of the implication of some scientific Laboratories in the World War I and II.
ISSN:2424-9424
2529-752X

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