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- Sheds light on the recent history of Big Science and the role of techno-scientific expertise in the process of European integration
- Draws on two case studies which have not yet been previously explored from a political history perspective, offering an in-depth analysis of transnational collaborative research
- Appeals to scholars and students in the fields of European history, transnational history, history of science and technology, STS studies, as well as scientists and policymakers in the respective fields of physics
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology (PSHST)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book investigates the political history of Big Science in Europe in the late twentieth century and the early twenty-first century, characterised by the founding histories of two collaborative, single-sited facilities namely the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France and the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser (European XFEL) in Schenefeld, Germany. Under the heading of the other Europe, this book presents the history and politics of European Big Science as an alternative road to (Western) European integration besides the mainstream political integration process of the European Economic Community and the European Union. It shows that Big Science has a role to play in European politics and policymaking and that the crucial and unavoidable symbiosis between science, technology and politics brings the creation of Big Science projects back to geopolitical realities.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Katharina C. Cramer
About the author
Katharina C. Cramer is a historian, specialised in the history and politics of science and technology as well as the power of knowledge and innovation in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. She publishes on the topics of Big Science, research infrastructures and the politics of science, technology and knowledge.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Political History of Big Science
Book Subtitle: The Other Europe
Authors: Katharina C. Cramer
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50049-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50048-1Published: 01 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50051-1Published: 01 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-50049-8Published: 31 August 2020
Series ISSN: 2730-972X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9738
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 241
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Science, Political History, World History, Global and Transnational History