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big science: a standalone construct

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History of science

large, costly, team-based science funded by states, and its consequences for research priorities.

In history of science, big science refers to large, costly, team-based science funded by states, and its consequences for research priorities. This meaning comes from Weinberg (1961) in Science.[1]

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  1. Weinberg, A. M. (1961). Impact of Large-Scale Science on the United States: Big science is here to stay, but we have yet to make the hard financial and educational choices it imposes. Science, 134(3473), 161-164. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.134.3473.161

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