1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785076703321

Autore

Powaski Ronald E.

Titolo

March to Armageddon : the United States and the nuclear arms race, 1939 to the present / / Ronald E. Powaski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1987

©1987

ISBN

0-19-802095-3

1-280-52332-8

9786610523320

0-19-536454-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Disciplina

355.8/25119/0973

Soggetti

Nuclear weapons

Arms race - History - 20th century

United States Defenses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Roosevelt and the Manhattan Project, 1939-1945; 2. Truman, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, 1945; 3. Truman and International Control of the Atom, 1945-1947; 4. Truman, the Cold War, and the Hydrogen Bomb, 1947-1952; 5. Eisenhower and Massive Retaliation, 1953-1961; 6. Eisenhower and Nuclear Arms Control, 1953-1961; 7. Kennedy, Nuclear Weapons, and the Limited Test Ban Treaty, 1961-1963; 8. Johnson, Nuclear Weapons, and the Pursuit of SALT, 1963-1969; 9. Nixon and SALT I, 1969-1972; 10. Nixon, Ford, and the Decline of Détente, 1972-1977; 11. Carter and SALT II, 1977-1981

12. Reagan and the ""Rearmament"" of America, 1981-198313. Reagan and Nuclear Arms Talks, 1981 to the Present; Conclusion; Glossary of Acronyms and Technical Terms; Notes; Suggested Readings; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book traces the evolution of the nuclear arms race from its origin in Roosevelt's decision to develop an atomic bomb to Reagan's decision to continue its expansion in the 1980s.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910144618603321

Autore

Siburg Karl Friedrich

Titolo

The Principle of Least Action in Geometry and Dynamics / / by Karl Friedrich Siburg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2004

ISBN

3-540-40985-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2004.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 132 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mathematics, , 0075-8434 ; ; 1844

Classificazione

37J05

53D35

58E30

Disciplina

530

Soggetti

Dynamics

Ergodic theory

Geometry, Differential

Global analysis (Mathematics)

Manifolds (Mathematics)

Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory

Differential Geometry

Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Aubry-Mather Theory -- Mather-Mané Theory -- The Minimal Action and Convex Billiards -- The Minimal Action Near Fixed Points and Invariant Tori -- The Minimal Action and Hofer's Geometry -- The Minimal Action and Symplectic Geometry -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

New variational methods by Aubry, Mather, and Mane, discovered in the last twenty years, gave deep insight into the dynamics of convex Lagrangian systems. This book shows how this Principle of Least Action appears in a variety of settings (billiards, length spectrum, Hofer geometry, modern symplectic geometry). Thus, topics from modern dynamical systems and modern symplectic geometry are linked in a new and sometimes surprising way. The central object is Mather’s minimal action functional. The level is for graduate students onwards,



but also for researchers in any of the subjects touched in the book.