Noun
scientific research that requires massive capital investment but is expected to yield very significant results
Source: WordNetThat Big Science culture in the USA, and similar groups elswhere, tended to have separate, direct access to government and hence to funding sources. It was independent to a great extent of the rest of science, of which it was never a majority component except in funding. Philip Warren Anderson
I wasn't a big science fiction aficionado, there were a few films like 2001 or Blade Runner that were favorites of mine, but since I started this series I have gained more respect for the genre and become more of a fan myself. Joe Flanigan
After the war, Lawrence campaigned extensively for government sponsorship of large scientific programs, and was a forceful advocate of " Big Science ", with its requirements for big machines and big money. Source: Internet
"Big Science radically changed the picture under the auspices of the Manhattan Project — the development and production of the atomic bomb during World War II. Source: Internet
He was a forceful advocate of Big Science with its requirements for big machines and big money, and in 1946 he asked the Manhattan Project for over $2 million for research at the Radiation Laboratory. Source: Internet
See also * Big Science * Center for the Advancement of Science in Space —operates the US National Laboratory on the ISS. Source: Internet