Cao Zhen, a researcher at the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) is pictured with a model of China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (Lhaaso). Photo: Xinhua
‘Factory of discoveries’: China thinks big for massive science projects to explain the universe
- How large-scale research facilities helped China transform from making shoes and shirts to discovering cosmic ray and pulsars
- Not all Chinese scientists believe the huge projects are worth the mammoth expense
Cao Zhen, a researcher at the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) is pictured with a model of China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (Lhaaso). Photo: Xinhua
