LEADER 02346nam 2200469Ia 450 001 9910784564703321 005 20221223111657.0 010 $a1-281-00549-5 010 $a9786611005498 010 $a0-08-049271-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000363817 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC294604 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000363817 100 $a20040519d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFusion $ethe energy of the universe /$fGarry McCracken and Peter Stott 210 $aBurlington, MA $cElsevier Academic Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 225 1 $aComplementary science series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 1 $a0-12-481851-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-180) and index. 327 $aChapter 1 What Is Nuclear Fusion?; Chapter 2 Energy from Mass; Chapter 3 Fusion in the Sun and Stars; Chapter 4 Man-Made Fusion; Chapter 5 Magnetic Confinement; Chapter 6 The Hydrogen Bomb; Chapter 7 Inertial-Confinement Fusion; Chapter 8 False Trails; Chapter 9 Tokamaks; Chapter 10 From T3 to ITER; Chapter 11 Fusion Power Plants; Chapter 12 Why We Need Fusion Energy; Epilogue; Units; Glossary; Further Reading; Index 330 $aUnraveling the role of fusion in the universe has taken almost a century since Einstein's proof of the equivalence of energy and matter in 1905. The discovery that fusion reactions are responsible for the building of the light elements in the ""Big Bang"" and the subsequent development of the heavier elements in the stars and in exploding supernovae is one of the field's most exciting successes. In this engaging book, McCracken and Stott reexamine these discoveries in astrophysics and discuss the possibility that fusion reactions are not only our sun's source of power, but may also be indu 410 0$aComplementary science series. 606 $aNuclear fusion 606 $aNuclear reactions 615 0$aNuclear fusion. 615 0$aNuclear reactions. 676 $a539.764 700 $aMcCracken$b G. M$01488122 701 $aStott$b P. E$g(Peter E.)$053840 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784564703321 996 $aFusion$93708351 997 $aUNINA