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Jeff Hughes has written a short history of American big science, centered on the Manhattan Project and high-energy physics and continuing to the 1990s. (The book is textbook format, without citations, although it does include some short bibliographic notes.) Hughes's focus is on big science as an institution, rather than the content of the science itself. The Cold War is somewhat underplayed as a element in the formation of big science, in favor of an emphasis on the competition in fundamental research between American physicists and the European CERT project. The Manhattan Project is well-written and its short length (170) pages and bite-size chapters make it particularly accessible. A good book for anyone interested in the history of 20th century science or science policy.
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