Turn and Turn Again: How Big Science Both Helped and Hindered Alternative 
Energy in the 1970s

Turnbull, Thomas; Mody, Cyrus C. M.

doi:10.1088/978-0-7503-3631-4ch31

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Turn and Turn Again: How Big Science Both Helped and Hindered Alternative Energy in the 1970s

Turnbull, T., & Mody, C. C. M. (2023). Turn and Turn Again: How Big Science Both Helped and Hindered Alternative Energy in the 1970s. In P. Charitos, T. Arabatzis, H. Cliff, G. Dissertori, J. Forneris, & J. Li-Ying (Eds.), Big Science in the 21st Century: Economic and Societal Impacts (pp. 31-1-31-21). Bristol: IOP Publishing. doi:10.1088/978-0-7503-3631-4ch31.

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MPIWG_PROJECTS: Knowledge in and of the Anthropocene

Abstract: In chapter 31 Thomas Turnbull and Cyrus Mody discuss a shift in American science towards 'mezzo' projects in the late 1960s and 1970s. They concentrate on another emblematic Big Science organization, NASA, during that period and show how it turned its attention to medium scale projects involving alternative energy sources. They also examine how, during the same period, the National Science Foundation, an American institution that had funded small-scale research, reoriented itself towards bigger science by sponsoring likewise alternative energy projects.

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Language(s): eng - English

Dates: Published Online: 2023-12Date issued: 2023-12

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Identifiers: DOI: 10.1088/978-0-7503-3631-4ch31

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Title: Big Science in the 21st Century: Economic and Societal Impacts

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Charitos, Panagiotis, Editor
Arabatzis, Theodore, Editor
Cliff, Harry, Editor
Dissertori, Günther, Editor
Forneris, Juliette, Editor
Li-Ying, Jason, Editor

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Publ. Info: Bristol : IOP Publishing

Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 31-1 - 31-21 Identifier: ISBN: 978-0-7503-3629-1