Beamtimes and Lifetimes

The World of High Energy Physicists

Sharon Traweek

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$30.00 • £26.95 • €27.95

ISBN 9780674063488

Publication Date: 02/01/1992

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206 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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SOCIAL SCIENCE: Anthropology: Cultural & Social

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

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