Physics of Societal Issues: Calculations on National Security, Environment, and EnergySpringer Science & Business Media, 10 серп. 2007 р. - 487 стор. Physics of Societal Issues is a textbook for all those who wish to discuss the fundamental issues of energy use, nuclear weapons, and the environment using facts and figures instead of slogans and postures. It will provide the reader with the tools and insights needed to analyze many complex issues with insights gained from informed estimates and simple calculations. Taking his inspiration from Fermi's famous "back of the envelope" calculations, Hafemeister shows how to capture the essence of a problem in rough estimates of the important parameters and then to use those estimates to gauge the effects of policy decisions. Hafemeister draws on dozens of years of experience working on just these issues in the US Senate, the national Academy of Sciences, and several Federal agencies, as well as the Lawrence-Berkeley, Los Alamos, and Argonne national laboratories to provide details and examples as well as insight into the issues needed to plan public policy. The book is divided into three parts, each treating an area in which physics plays a major role: - National security: nuclear weapons and their effects, missile defenses, arms control and verification, and nuclear proliferation and terrorism - The environment: pollution dispersal and control, radioactive pollution, climate change, and the epidemiology of electromagnetic radiation - Energy: estimating energy resources and use, use of energy in buildings and for transportation, renewable energy sources, and the economics of energy use. Each chapter includes numerous problems to challenge the reader and to extend the discussion. It is the only equation-oriented book for physics seniors and gradutate students that covers the three main physics and society issues. |
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... radius increases as the cube root of the atomic number A, the average distance between protons in large nuclei does not vary strongly. On the other hand, the short-range, nuclear attractive energy between 6 1. Nuclear Weapons.
... radius of the spherical animal isr = K/S. A cow's radius is large because it eats energy-poor grass (small S value). If an animal has thick skin or fur (small conductivity K), it can be smaller and still gain sufficient energy from ...
... radius Rc is determined by balancing neutron loss rate through an area (r2) and neutron production rate in a volume (r3). This balance exits at the critical radius, obtained from n[(η−1)/τ](4π Rc3/3) = (4πR c2)nv, (1.16) wherenis the ...
... of laser fusion at the 1The carbon–nitrogen fusion process is more likely on the sun, but it gives the same result. National Ignition Facility.) The root mean square radius of the 1.6. Boosted Primaries and H Bombs 15.
... radius of the deuteron is 2 fm and for the triton it is 1.6 fm. However, the wavefunction extends beyond this by about 0.2–0.4 fm, giving a total separation of about 4 fm. The repulsive potential requires DT tunneling for the particles ...
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ABMSDIBMDNMD | 55 |
Verification and Arms Control Treaties | 77 |
Nuclear Proliferation | 105 |
Environment | 134 |
Nuclear Pollution | 163 |
Climate Change | 197 |
Renewable Energy | 316 |
Enhanced EndUse Efficiency | 343 |
Transportation | 378 |
Energy Economics | 402 |
A Nuclear Arms Chronology | 431 |
B EnergyEnvironment Chronology | 446 |
Units | 454 |
Websites | 460 |
Electromagnetic Fields and Epidemiology | 233 |
Energy | 246 |
Energy in Buildings | 279 |
Solar Buildings | 299 |
F Glossary | 469 |
G Index | 483 |
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