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- catalog abstract "In The Fusion Quest, T. Kenneth Fowler offers a vivid and colorful insider's account of the decades-long search for fusion power - a potentially abundant and environmentally "clean" energy source that could sustain industrial society in the twenty-first century and beyond. Scientists have known for more than sixty years that nuclear fusion powers the sun and stars. But would it work on Earth? To help answer this question, Fowler explains the physical principles on which. Fusion is based, describes the experiments that have led to the present state of the art, and shows how all these considerations would affect the design of possible fusion-based nuclear power plants. Fowler describes magnets nearly as cold as outer space surrounding miniature "stars" hotter than the sun; lasers that for the merest split-second produce a blinding flash more powerful than every light bulb in America turned on at once. And he recounts the exciting. Discoveries of classical physics from Newton to Einstein, from Faraday to Lorentz, that provide the foundation of fusion science today. Ultimately, The Fusion Quest offers an informative and timely look at fusion's potential to provide an environmentally acceptable new energy source in a future more vulnerable to energy shortages and pollution than many of us realize.".
- catalog contributor b10207525.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Discoveries of classical physics from Newton to Einstein, from Faraday to Lorentz, that provide the foundation of fusion science today. Ultimately, The Fusion Quest offers an informative and timely look at fusion's potential to provide an environmentally acceptable new energy source in a future more vulnerable to energy shortages and pollution than many of us realize.".
- catalog description "Fusion is based, describes the experiments that have led to the present state of the art, and shows how all these considerations would affect the design of possible fusion-based nuclear power plants. Fowler describes magnets nearly as cold as outer space surrounding miniature "stars" hotter than the sun; lasers that for the merest split-second produce a blinding flash more powerful than every light bulb in America turned on at once. And he recounts the exciting.".
- catalog description "I. Prometheus Unbound. 1. The Allure of Fusion. 2. A Formula for Success. 3. A Glimmer of Hope. 4. The Real Thing -- II. Creating Fusion Science. 5. Thinking Like a Magnet. 6. Heat Death and Relativity. 7. Law and Order. 8. Seeing the Light. 9. Engineering the Tokamak. 10. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor -- III. Another Way: Inertial Fusion. 11. The Little Big Bang. 12. Catching Up Fast. 13. The National Ignition Facility -- IV. Fusion and Politics. 14. The Fusion Dilemma. 15. Fusion and the Environment. 16. Predictable Breakthroughs -- Mathematical Appendix: Designing Your Own Fusion Reactor.".
- catalog description "In The Fusion Quest, T. Kenneth Fowler offers a vivid and colorful insider's account of the decades-long search for fusion power - a potentially abundant and environmentally "clean" energy source that could sustain industrial society in the twenty-first century and beyond. Scientists have known for more than sixty years that nuclear fusion powers the sun and stars. But would it work on Earth? To help answer this question, Fowler explains the physical principles on which.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-241) and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 250 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Fusion quest.".
- catalog identifier "0801854563 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Fusion quest.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Fusion quest.".
- catalog subject "621.48/4 20".
- catalog subject "Controlled fusion.".
- catalog subject "Fusion reactors.".
- catalog subject "Nuclear fusion.".
- catalog subject "QC791.73 .F69 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Prometheus Unbound. 1. The Allure of Fusion. 2. A Formula for Success. 3. A Glimmer of Hope. 4. The Real Thing -- II. Creating Fusion Science. 5. Thinking Like a Magnet. 6. Heat Death and Relativity. 7. Law and Order. 8. Seeing the Light. 9. Engineering the Tokamak. 10. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor -- III. Another Way: Inertial Fusion. 11. The Little Big Bang. 12. Catching Up Fast. 13. The National Ignition Facility -- IV. Fusion and Politics. 14. The Fusion Dilemma. 15. Fusion and the Environment. 16. Predictable Breakthroughs -- Mathematical Appendix: Designing Your Own Fusion Reactor.".
- catalog title "The fusion quest / T. Kenneth Fowler.".
- catalog type "text".