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Beamtimes and Lifetimes: The World of High Energy Physicists
Sharon Traweek
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Description for Beamtimes and Lifetimes: The World of High Energy Physicists
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 206 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: JHM; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
The unique breed of particle physicists constitutes a community of sophisticated mythmakers—explicators of the nature of matter who forever alter our views of space and time. But who are these people? What is their world really like? Sharon Traweek, a bold and original observer of culture, opens the door to this unusual domain and offers us a glimpse into the inner sanctum.
The unique breed of particle physicists constitutes a community of sophisticated mythmakers—explicators of the nature of matter who forever alter our views of space and time. But who are these people? What is their world really like? Sharon Traweek, a bold and original observer of culture, opens the door to this unusual domain and offers us a glimpse into the inner sanctum.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674063488
SKU
V9780674063488
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About Sharon Traweek
Sharon Traweek is Professor of Anthropology at Rice University.
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Traweek gets inside the heads of physicists… She shows their similarities and difference, how their careers are shaped, how they interact with their colleagues, how they do physics and how their ideas about time and space shape their social structure. Traweek has produced a revealing and intimate look at this exclusive world and its mores.
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