"big science" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2002, Helge Kragh, Quantum Generations: A History of Physics in the Twentieth Century",
          "text": "Big money is not a sufficient, but it is a necessary condition for \"big science;\" therefore, it is not surprising that the big science era in physics coincided with the increase in government funding.",
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          "ref": "2007, Karen F. Greif, Jon F. Merz, Current Controversies in the Biological Sciences",
          "text": "The HGP is the first genuine example of big science in the biological sciences, with an estimated original price tag of $3 billion.",
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          "ref": "2013, J. Agassi, Science and Culture, page 359",
          "text": "Big science has replaced traditional science, which was little, and had little public concern. Today big science has new, exciting tasks. This should not be at the cost of a loss of little science. There is a need to revive and protect it, in order to insure the continued well-being of science as a whole. For this a new system is required, since the old one transformed into big science and is thus no longer adequate.",
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          "ref": "2014, W. Henry Lambright, Why Mars: NASA and the Politics of Space Exploration",
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