Physics of Societal Issues Calculations on National Security, Environment, and Energy /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hafemeister, David (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Sociophysics.; Econophysics.; Engineering.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Applied and Technical Physics.; Socio- and Econophysics, Population and Evolutionary Models.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Physics, general.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Engineering, general.

Why this book on the Physics of Societal Issues? The subdivisions of physics - nuclear physics, particle physics, condensed-matter physics, biophysics - have their textbooks, while the subdivision of physics and society lacks an equation-oriented text on the physics of arms, energy and the environme...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• National Security
• Nuclear Weapons
• The Offense: Missiles and War Games
• The Defense: ABM/SDI/BMD/NMD
• Verification and Arms Control Treaties
• Nuclear Proliferation
• Environment
• Air and Water Pollution
• Nuclear Pollution
• Climate Change
• Electromagnetic Fields and Epidemiology
• Energy
• The Energy Situation
• Energy in Buildings
• Solar Buildings
• Renewable Energy
• Enhanced End-Use Efficiency
• Transportation
• Energy Economics.