The First Truly National Laboratory: The Birth of Fermilab
Apr 12, 1990463 pages
Thesis: PhD - Michigan State U.
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- UMI-89-000124,
- FERMILAB-THESIS-1988-27
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Abstract:
Growing intellectual excitement, technological advances in physics, and a new alliance between the physics community and the federal government after World War II created a powerful momentum for accelerator building. This momentum led in 1960 to plans for a multi-million dollar accelerator laboratory. In 1972, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or Fermilab for short, was christened. This dissertation charts the birth of Fermilab. It first explores the scientific, technological, and social environment from 1945 to 1960 that allowed the laboratory's conception, Next, it examines the development of the multi-hundred million dollar project from planning to construction against the backdrop of the changing economic and political environment of the 1960s and 1970s. This examination shows how cost and resulting pressures led to the formation of the first U.S. "Truly National Laboratory," a centrally located accelerator laboratory, managed by a national corporation, and built with maximum capability at minimum cost. It also explains how the multi-hundred million dollar project was funded, despite budgetary pressures and growing public skepticism about the value of science and technologyNote:
- Published in 2 volumes.
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