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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... of nuclear winter, Science 247, 166–176. von Hippel, F. and R. Sagdeev (Eds.) (1990). Reversing the Arms Race, Gordon and Breach, New York, 1990. 2 The Offense: Missiles and War Games 2.1 Rocket Equation 30 1. Nuclear Weapons.
... Missiles. and. War. Games. 2.1. Rocket. Equation. The first German V2 flight of October 2, 1942, was the first of 3700 more V2 flights. The V2 carried ... Missiles and War Games RocketEquation The Offense: Missiles and War Games ...
... missiles (SLBMs). Solid-fueled rockets are difficult to control since the inability to close valves on the fuel requires that all the fuel be used. Solid-fueled missiles make complicated maneuvers to use excessfuel, but still maintain ...
... missiles are aimed 45◦ above the horizontal, while the minimum energy trajectory of the round-Earth is 22◦ above the horizontal for a 10,000-km range. We will launch our missile at 30◦ for our calculation, primarily to avoid problems ...
... missile is determined from the following errors: (1) terminal velocity v = 0.5 × 10−5 v = 0.5 × 10−5 (104 m/s) = 0.05 m/s (2) range, vertical angular error 10−5 θ = (10−5)(0.5 rad ... Missiles and War Games ICBMAccuracy ICBMAccuracy.
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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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