LEADER 03009oam 2200469 450 001 9910813941203321 005 20190911112728.0 010 $a1-299-46264-2 010 $a981-4436-50-X 035 $a(OCoLC)840416029 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL8RDL 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001019249 100 $a20130208h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLife at the center of the energy crisis $ea technologist's search for a black swan /$fGeorge H. Miley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA 210 $a[Hackensack] N.J. $cWorld Scientific$dc2013 210 1$aNew Jersey :$cWorld Scientific,$d[2013] 210 4$d?2013 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 213 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-4436-48-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEarly days and searching for a starting path -- Burnable poison control for nuclear submarine reactors -- Nuclear pulse propagation and fission reactor kinetics -- Nuclear pumped laser (NPL) research -- Direct electron beam pumped laser -- Advanced lasers -- Alpha particle effects in thermonuclear fusion devices -- Alternate fusion concepts -- Advanced fuel fusion and direct energy conversion -- Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) -- Inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) fusion -- Low energy nuclear reactions (LENR) -- Hydrogen economy and fuel cells -- Fusion propulsion and space colonization -- Nuclear batteries -- Computation and theory -- Nuclear power plant safety board and Illinois low-level waste site -- Teaching, education, and university administration -- Creation of a small company, NPL Associates, Inc -- Where am I in the search? What have I found? -- Concluding comments. 330 $aLife at the Center of the Energy Crisis: A Technologist's Search for a Black Swan describes the story of the author's work and struggles in the field of energy research. The author's experience in the field spans from work with Admiral Rickover and the Nuclear Navy to research with NASA designing propulsion for spacecraft to travel to Mars. The book provides insights into the differences between nuclear research done during the Cold War by the two superpowers, and offers a commentary on the flaws in each system with hope for change in the future. The book also provides a look into the developm 606 $aNuclear engineers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aNuclear energy$xResearch$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aNuclear engineers 615 0$aNuclear energy$xResearch$xHistory. 676 $a621.48092 676 $aB 700 $aMiley$b George H$g(George Hunter),$f1933-$01133903 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813941203321 996 $aLife at the center of the energy crisis$94096598 997 $aUNINA