Fusion : a voyage through the plasma universe /
"Professor Hans Wilhelmsson shares with us his 50-year, life-long dream as one of fusion's main contemporary figures, to recreate on Earth the conditions that give rise to fusion at the heart of the Sun. He takes us through time on an epic voyage where we meet Nobel prize-winning character...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol [England] ; Philadelphia :
Institute of Physics Pub.,
�2000.
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| Series: | Plasma physics series.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=27461 |
| Summary: | "Professor Hans Wilhelmsson shares with us his 50-year, life-long dream as one of fusion's main contemporary figures, to recreate on Earth the conditions that give rise to fusion at the heart of the Sun. He takes us through time on an epic voyage where we meet Nobel prize-winning characters such as Niels Bohr, Hannes Alfven and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and the many cultural inspirations that have brought us to the brink of achieving controlled fusion in the laboratory. He charts the Universe stopping en route to explain how fusion and its vehicle, plasma physics, lies behind some of the most awe-inspiring phenomena in the Cosmos from jets and quasars to the beautiful Aurora Borealis - the Northern Lights."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 158 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 058525446X 9780585254463 2761305213 9782761305211 |
