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S/N/346. Big Science development during WW2: drivers and consequences
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- 2011
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The paper looks at the large-scale scientific research known as Manhattan Project aimed at the development of nuclear weapon during the Second World War. Other wartime scientific missions are considered including bio-medical research, and arguing that WW2 was a catalyst for the development of Big Science. The consequences of scientific developments are evaluated with regard to the changes in social, economic and political roles of science.
KEYWORDS: Big Science, Manhattan Project, WW2, Second World War, nuclear weapon, atom bomb, bio-medical research,
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