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Big Science

term used by scientists and historians of science to describe a series of changes in science which occurred in industrial nations during and after World War II
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Big Science

Summary

Big Science ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Big Science's GND ID is recorded as 4130815-3[2].
  • Big Science's subclass of is recorded as science[3].
  • Big Science's Commons category is recorded as Big Science[4].
  • Big Science's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03bltc[5].
  • Big Science's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Big Science[6].
  • Big Science's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Big-Science-science[7].
  • Big Science's different from is recorded as Big Science[8].
  • Big Science's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03652897n[9].
  • Big Science's Quora topic ID is recorded as die[10].
  • Big Science's Quora topic ID is recorded as Big-Science-1[11].

Why It Matters

Big Science ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres science

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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