Physics for future presidents : the science behind the headlines
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Physics for future presidents : the science behind the headlines
W.W. Norton & Co., c2008
1st ed
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Summary: Learn the science behind the headlines in this work that outlines the tools of terrorists, the dangers of nuclear power, and the reality of global warming
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-359) and index
収録内容
- Introduction
- [pt]. 1
- Terrorism
- 1
- Nine-eleven
- Inspecting passengers
- Taking control
- Flying and navigating the airplane
- Impact
- 2
- Terrorist nukes
- Big nukes
- The
- terrorist dirty bomb
- Rogue nukes
- Uranium bombs
- Plutonium bombs
- 3. The
- next terrorist attack
- Future airplane gasoline attacks
- Bombs on airplanes
- 4
- Biological terrorism
- The
- anthrax attack
- Terrorism : presidential summary
- [pt]. 2
- Energy
- 5
- Key energy surprises
- Why we love oil
- Power
- Energy alternatives
- Th e
- bottom line : the cost of energy
- 6
- Solar power
- An
- anecdote
- Basic facts
- Solar power plants
- Solar airplanes
- 7. The
- end of oil
- Oil from coal : Fischer-Tropsch
- The
- price of oil
- Energy : presidential summary
- [pt]. 3
- Nukes
- 8
- Radioactivity and death
- Radiation and cancer
- The
- linear effect
- The
- Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor disaster
- The
- linear hypothesis
- 9
- Radioactive decay
- Dangers of short versus long half-lives
- Environmental radioactivity
- Horrific mutations
- X-rays and microwaves
- Is radioactivity contagious?
- 10
- Nuclear weapons
- The
- key to an explosion: the nuclear chain reaction
- World War II and the Manhattan Project
- Critical mass - the first atomic secret
- Hiroshima - the simple bomb design
- The
- hard part - purifying uranium-235
- Centrifuges
- The
- plutonium bomb - an implosion design
- The
- hydrogen bomb
- Fallout
- Big bombs
- Smaller weapons, more destruction
- 11
- Nuclear madness
- The
- neutron bomb and the weapons paradox
- Nuclear proliferation
- How worried should we be?
- Nukular weapons
- 12
- Nuclear power
- Can a nuclear reactor explode like an atomic bomb?
- Manufacturing plutonium
- Fast breeder reactors
- The
- China Syndrome
- Three Mile Island - fuel meltdown
- Chernobyl - a runaway chain reaction
- Pebble bed reactors
- 13
- Nuclear waste
- My confession
- Plutonium
- Depleted uranium
- 14
- Controlled fusion
- Tokamak
- Laser fusion
- Cold fusion
- Nukes : presidential summary
- [pt]. 4
- Space
- 15
- Space and satellites
- Satellite orbits : LEO, GEO, and MEO
- GPS : a set of medium-Earth-orbit satellites
- Spy satellites
- Rocket science
- 16
- Gravity applications
- g's
- Using gravity to search for ice, oil, hidden craters, and secret tunnels
- Space industry : manufacturing in a weightless environment
- Gravity on the Moon and asteroids
- Artificial gravity
- The
- X Prize
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内容説明
We live in complicated, dangerous times. They are also hyper-technical times. As citizens who will elect future presidents of the most powerful and influential country in the world, we need to know-truly understand, not just rely on television's talking heads-if Iran's nascent nuclear capability is a genuine threat to the West, if biochemical weapons are likely to be developed by terrorists, if there are viable alternatives to fossil fuels that should be nurtured and supported by the government, if nuclear power should be encouraged, and if global warming is actually happening. This book is written in everyday, nontechnical language on the science behind the concerns that our nation faces in the immediate future. Even active readers of serious journalism will be surprised by the lessons that the book contains. It is "must-have" information for all presidents-and citizens-of the twenty-first century.
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