Article ID: CBB089515552

Frankenstein's Machine: Redressing Mark Oliphant’s Scientific Reputation (2018)

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This paper scrutinizes criticisms of Mark Oliphant and his quest to build a cyclo-synchrotron in Canberra in the 1950s by analysing various portrayals of him, paying particular attention to the ways these portrayals, despite being written in different decades, are teleologically driven and reinforce a perception of failure. It addresses the key criticisms levelled at Oliphant: his ‘difficult' personality, his perceived political naïveté and his inability to adjust to the new technological paradigm of Big Science. It questions whether these portrayals represent legitimate criticism or ideological positioning.

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Authors & Contributors
Hallonsten, Olof
Heinze, Thomas
Heinecke, Steffi
Crease, Robert P.
Wüthrich, Adrian
Whitaker, Andrew
Concepts
Particle accelerators
Physics
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Big science
Government sponsored science
Laboratories
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Germany
Japan
Europe
Montreal (Quebec, Canada)
Québec (Canada)
Institutions
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (United States)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (United States)
Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
Stanford University
Rikagaku Kenkyu-Jo
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