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I sketch the early history of the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron in Hamburg, Germany, and establish links to some current issues of science policy in Europe.
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Several American national laboratories continue to be operated today by a university or a consortium of universities under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy.
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I thank John S. Rigden, Paul Söding, William G. Stirling, and Albrecht Wagner for their critical and informative comments on a draft of my paper, and Roger H. Stuewer for his editorial work on it.
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Claus Habfast is a physicist and communicator of European science. In 1987–1888 he worked at DESY, researching the early history of the laboratory.
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Habfast, C. The DESY Golden Jubilee in Hamburg: Lessons from the Past. Phys. Perspect. 12, 219–230 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00016-010-0020-y
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Keywords
- Willibald Jentschke
- Werner Heisenberg
- Samuel C. C. Ting
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
- CERN
- accelerators
- particle physics
- photon science
- science policy
- history of physics