Containing The Atom

Author : J. Samuel Walker
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520079137
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Containing the Atom written by J. Samuel Walker and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late 1960s saw an extraordinary growth in the American nuclear industry: dozens of plants of unprecedented size were ordered throughout the country. Yet at the same time, public concern about the natural environment and suspicion of both government and industry increased dramatically. Containing the Atom is the first scholarly history of nuclear power regulation during those tumultuous years. J. Samuel Walker focuses on the activities of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the agency entrusted with the primary responsibility for the safety of nuclear power, and shows that from the beginning the AEC faced a paradox: it was charged with both promoting and controlling the nuclear power industry. Out of this paradox grew severe tensions, which Walker discusses in detail. His balanced evaluation of the issues and the positions taken by the AEC and others makes this study an invaluable resource for all those interested in the continuing controversies that surround nuclear energy. The late 1960s saw an extraordinary growth in the American nuclear industry: dozens of plants of unprecedented size were ordered throughout the country. Yet at the same time, public concern about the natural environment and suspicion of both government and industry increased dramatically. Containing the Atom is the first scholarly history of nuclear power regulation during those tumultuous years. J. Samuel Walker focuses on the activities of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the agency entrusted with the primary responsibility for the safety of nuclear power, and shows that from the beginning the AEC faced a paradox: it was charged with both promoting and controlling the nuclear power industry. Out of this paradox grew severe tensions, which Walker discusses in detail. His balanced evaluation of the issues and the positions taken by the AEC and others makes this study an invaluable resource for all those interested in the continuing controversies that surround nuclear energy.

Author : Glen E Rodgers
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
ISBN 13 : 1788015282
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traveling with the Atom written by Glen E Rodgers and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2020 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traveling with the Atom is a historical travel guide to the development of one of the most significant and enduring ideas in the history of humankind: the atomic concept. This history covers the notable places and landmarks commemorating this achievement, visiting homesteads, graveyards, laboratories, apartments, abbeys and castles, through picturesque rural villages and working class municipalities. From Montreal to Manchester, via some of the most elegant and romantic cities in Europe, Traveling with the Atom guides the reader on a trip through the lives and minds of the great thinkers who collectively unveiled the mystery of the atom. Fully illustrated and interspersed with intriguing and insightful notes throughout, this book is an ideal companion for the wandering scientist, their students, friends and companions or quintessential fireside reading for lovers of science and travel.

Author : Rudolf Avenhaus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Containing the Atom written by Rudolf Avenhaus and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing the Atom is a comprehensive study of the theory and practice of international nuclear negotiations.

Author : A.A. Radzig
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642820484
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reference Data on Atoms, Molecules, and Ions written by A.A. Radzig and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference book contains information about the structure and properties of atomic and molecular particles, as well as some of the nuclear parameters. It includes data which can be of use when studying atomic and molecular processes in the physics of gases, chemistry of gases and gas optics, in plasma physics and plasma chemistry, in physical chemistry and radiation chemistry, in geophysics, astrophysics, solid-state physics and a variety of cross-discipli nary fields of science and technology. Our aim was to collect carefully selected and estimated numerical values for a wide circle of microscopic parameters in a relatively "not thick" book. These values are of constant use in the work of practical investigators. In essence, the book represents a substantially revised and extended edi tion of our reference book published in Russian in 1980. Two main reasons made it necessary to rework the material. On the one hand, a great deal of new high-quality data has appeared in the past few years and furthermore we have enlisted many sources of information previously inaccessible to us. On the other hand, we have tried to insert extensive information on new, rapidly progressing branches of physical research, such as multiply charged ions, Rydberg atoms, van der Waals and excimer molecules, complex ions, etc. All this brings us to the very edge of studies being carried out in the field.

Author : Arne Kaijser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781952271328
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engaging the Atom written by Arne Kaijser and published by . This book was released on 2021-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transnational perspectives on the relationship between nuclear energy and society. With the aim of overcoming the disciplinary and national fragmentation that characterizes much research on nuclear energy, Engaging the Atom brings together specialists from a variety of fields to analyze comparative case studies across Europe and the United States. It explores evolving relationships between society and the nuclear sector from the origins of civilian nuclear power until the present, asking why nuclear energy has been more contentious in some countries than in others and why some countries have never gone nuclear, or have decided to phase out nuclear, while their neighbors have committed to the so-called nuclear renaissance. Contributors examine the challenges facing the nuclear sector in the context of aging reactor fleets, pressing climate urgency, and increasing competition from renewable energy sources. Written by leading academics in their respective disciplines, the nine chapters of Engaging the Atom place the evolution of nuclear energy within a broader set of national and international configurations, including its role within policies and markets.

Author : Laura Fermi
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022614965X
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atoms in the Family written by Laura Fermi and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this absorbing account of life with the great atomic scientist Enrico Fermi, Laura Fermi tells the story of their emigration to the United States in the 1930s—part of the widespread movement of scientists from Europe to the New World that was so important to the development of the first atomic bomb. Combining intellectual biography and social history, Laura Fermi traces her husband's career from his childhood, when he taught himself physics, through his rise in the Italian university system concurrent with the rise of fascism, to his receipt of the Nobel Prize, which offered a perfect opportunity to flee the country without arousing official suspicion, and his odyssey to the United States.

Author : Ritchie Calder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living with the Atom written by Ritchie Calder and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Otto Robert Frisch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Working With Atoms written by Otto Robert Frisch and published by . This book was released on 1966-01-21 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christian Groß
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642256376
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spin Squeezing and Non-linear Atom Interferometry with Bose-Einstein Condensates written by Christian Groß and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interferometry, the most precise measurement technique known today, exploits the wave-like nature of the atoms or photons in the interferometer. As expected from the laws of quantum mechanics, the granular, particle-like features of the individually independent atoms or photons are responsible for the precision limit, the shot noise limit. However this “classical” bound is not fundamental and it is the aim of quantum metrology to overcome it by employing entanglement among the particles. This work reports on the realization of spin-squeezed states suitable for atom interferometry. Spin squeezing was generated on the basis of motional and spin degrees of freedom, whereby the latter allowed the implementation of a full interferometer with quantum-enhanced precision.

Author : Lisa Bartee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781636350417
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Principles of Biology written by Lisa Bartee and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Principles of Biology sequence (BI 211, 212 and 213) introduces biology as a scientific discipline for students planning to major in biology and other science disciplines. Laboratories and classroom activities introduce techniques used to study biological processes and provide opportunities for students to develop their ability to conduct research.