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Beamtimes and Lifetimes: The World of High Energy Physicists

Looks at the life of particle physicists, showing who these people are and what their world is really like. Traweek shows their similarities and differences, how their careers are shaped, how they interact with their colleagues and how their ideas about time and space shape their social structure.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 206 pages

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