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Subjects
Mathematics & Sciences
ISBN
9780670020331

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670020338
ISBN-13
9780670020331
eBay Product ID (ePID)
65815330

Product Key Features

Book Title
Sun In a Bottle : the Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Power Resources / Nuclear, Energy
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science
Author
Charles Seife
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
15.6 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-013135
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
In a culture mesmerised by the market, Sandel's is the indispensable voice of reason ... if we ... bring basic values into political life in the way that Sandel suggests, at least we won't be stuck with the dreary market orthodoxies that he has so elegantly demolished, Written with clarity and infectious enthusiasm that are rare in science writing. . . . Zerois really something.” --The Washington Post, “Written with clarity and infectious enthusiasm that are rare in science writing. . . . Zero is really something.â€� -- The Washington Post
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
539.7/64
Grade To
UP
Synopsis
The author of Zero looks at the messy history of the struggle to harness fusion energy . When weapons builders detonated the first hydrogen bomb in 1952, they tapped into the vastest source of energy in our solar system--the very same phenomenon that makes the sun shine. Nuclear fusion was a virtually unlimited source of power that became the center of a tragic and comic quest that has left scores of scientists battered and disgraced. For the past half-century, governments and research teams have tried to bottle the sun with lasers, magnets, sound waves, particle beams, and chunks of metal, have struggled to harness the power of fusion. (The latest venture, a giant, multi-billion-dollar, international fusion project called ITER, is just now getting underway.) Again and again, they have failed, disgracing generations of scientists. Throughout this fascinating journey Charles Seife introduces us to the daring geniuses, villains, and victims of fusion science: the brilliant and tortured Andrei Sakharov; the monomaniacal and Strangelovean Edward Teller; Ronald Richter, the secretive physicist whose lies embarrassed an entire country; and Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann, the two chemists behind the greatest scientific fiasco of the past hundred years. Sun in a Bottle is the first major book to trace the story of fusion from its beginnings into the 21st century, of how scientists have gotten burned by trying to harness the power of the sun.
LC Classification Number
QC791.S45 2008

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