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Relating the story of the transatlantic struggle for subnuclear domination, The Quark Machines: How Europe Fought the Particle Physics War, Second Edition covers the history, the politics, and the personalities of particle physics. Extensively illustrated with many original photographs of the key players in the field, the book sheds new light on the sovereignty issues of modern scientific research as well as the insights it has produced. Throughout the twentieth century, Europe and the United States have vied for supremacy of subnuclear physics. Initially, the advent of World War II and an enforced exodus of scientific talent from Europe boosted American efforts. Then, buoyed along by the need to develop the bomb and the ensuing distrust of the Cold War, the United States vaulted into a commanding role-a position it retained for almost fifty years. Throughout this period, each new particle accelerator was a major campaign, each new particle a battle won. With the end of the Cold War, U.S. preeminence evaporated and Europe retook the advantage. Now CERN, for four decades the spearhead of the European fightback, stands as the leading global particle physics center. Today, particle physics is at a turning point in its history-how well Europe retains its advantage remains to be seen.
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Fraser is well qualified to write this account of particle physics research. A scientist in his own right, he has for the past 18 years been the editor of CERN [Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire] Courier, the in-house magazine of high-energy physics. As U.S. funding for cyclotrons has all but vanished, the Geneva-based CERN has become the world's center for high-energy research. Written in a hyperbolic style, Fraser's popular-science account traces the history and politics that have surrounded CERN from its inception through its current research program. The reader will also learn much about major scientific research. Recommended for large public and academic libraries.?James Olson, Northeastern Illinois Univ. Lib., Chicago
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