In Die Zeit there was a paper Das Making-of eines Weltbildes
http://www.zeit.de/2011/34/Experiment-Physik-Philosophie
“A philosopher observes a physicist in the search for knowledge – and a journalist does the philosopher. An experiment.”
A books has been mentioned where there is a sociological study on how physicists and molecular biologists make science:
Karin Knorr Cetina Epistemic Cultures: How the Sciences Make Knowledge
Wissenskulturen. Ein Vergleich naturwissenschaftlicher Wissensformen
The Webpage of Arianna Borrelli
The project Epistemology of the Large Hydron Collider (LHC)