Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Prologue: An Anthropologist Studies Physicists 1
6. 1 Touring the Site: Powerful Places in the Laboratory 18
7. 2 Inventing Machines That Discover Nature: Detectors at SLAC and KEK 46
8. 3 Pilgrim's Progress: Male Tales Told During a Life in Physics 74
9. 4 Ground States: Distinctions and the Ties That Bind 106
10. 5 Buying Time and Taking Space: Negotiations, Collaboration, and Change 126
11. Epilogue: Knowledge and Passion 157
12. Notes 165
13. Index 185