A bridge too far: The demise of the Superconducting Super Collider

2016/09/30 by Michael Riordan · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · Medicine · #International Science and Diplomacy #Twentieth Century Scientific Developments #Demise #Superconducting Super Collider #Bridge (graph theory) #Physics #Large Hadron Collider #Collider #Superconductivity #Particle physics #Nuclear physics #Condensed matter physics #Medicine #Superconducting magnet #Political science

paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/pt.3.3329

openalex publication_date 2016/09/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

The largest basic scientific project ever attempted, the supercollider proved to be beyond the management capacity of the US high-energy physics community. A smaller proton collider would have been substantially more achievable.

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• Superconducting Super Collider [wikipedia]

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