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| Editors | Sharon Traweek |
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| Subject | cultural anthropology |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Publication date | 1988 |
| ISBN | 978-0674063488 |
Beamtimes and Lifetimes: The World of High Energy Physicists is a book by Sharon Traweek on cultural anthropology and the sociology of science among people in the field of particle physics. It is an ethnography of high energy physicists that chronicles the laboratories, career paths, and values of a community of scientists based on her observations at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California, US, and KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization in Japan.
Various reviewers profiled the book.[1][2][3][4][5]
- ^ Sutton, Christine (19 August 1989). "Particle physicists under scrutiny / Review of 'Beamtimes and Lifetimes' by Sharon Traweek". www.newscientist.com.
- ^ Traweek, Sharon; Kernan, Anne (July 1990). "Beamtimes and Lifetimes: The World of High Energy Physicists". Physics Today. 43 (7): 68–69. Bibcode:1990PhT....43g..68T. doi:10.1063/1.2810632.
- ^ Chasteen, Stephanie (22 March 2010). "An ethnography of particle physics (Beamtimes and Lifetimes)". blog.sciencegeekgirl.com.
- ^ Demart, Lee (6 December 1988). "Book Review : 'Beamtimes' a Look at Little World of Studying Big Ideas". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Pickering, Andy (June 1990). "Beamtimes and Lifetimes: The World of High Energy Physicists. Sharon Traweek". Isis. 81 (2): 381–382. doi:10.1086/355431.