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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Hafemeister, David W.
Titre(s) : Physics of societal issues [Texte électronique] : calculations on national security, environment, and energy / David Hafemeister
Publication : New York : Springer, cop. 2007
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Collection : Undergraduate texts in contemporary physics
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and indexes
"Physics of Societal Issues is a textbook for all those who wish to discuss the fundamental
issues of energy use, nuclear weapons, and the environment using facts and figures
instead of slogans and postures. It will provide the reader with the tools and insights
needed to analyze many complex issues with insights gained from informed estimates
and simple calculations. Taking his inspiration from Fermi's famous "back of the envelope"
calculations, Hafemeister shows how to capture the essence of a problem in rough estimates
of the important parameters and then to use those estimates to gauge the effects of
policy decisions. Hafemeister draws on dozens of years of experience working on just
these issues in the US Senate, the national Academy of Sciences, and several Federal
agencies, as well as the Lawrence-Berkeley, Los Alamos, and Argonne national laboratories
to provide details and examples as well as insight into the issues needed to plan
public policy. The book is divided into three parts, each treating an area in which
physics plays a major role: - National security: nuclear weapons and their effects,
missile defenses, arms control and verification, and nuclear proliferation and terrorism
- The environment: pollution dispersal and control, radioactive pollution, climate
change, and the epidemiology of electromagnetic radiation - Energy: estimating energy
resources and use, use of energy in buildings and for transportation, renewable energy
sources, and the economics of energy use. Each chapter includes numerous problems
to challenge the reader and to extend the discussion. It is the only equation-oriented
book for physics seniors and gradutate students that covers the three main physics
and society issues"--Publisher description
Sujet(s) : Sociologie des sciences
Politique scientifique
Nature -- Effets de l'homme
Ressources énergétiques
Indice(s) Dewey :
338.973 06 (23e éd.) = Politique d'information - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780387689098
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44643103x
Notice n° :
FRBNF44643103
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Preface -- ; National security --1 ; Nuclear weapons --1.1 ; Nuclear age --1.2 ; Fission
energetics --1.3 ; Scaling laws and critical masses --1.4 ; Efficiency and neutron
generations --1.5 ; Plutonium implosion weapons --1.6 ; Boosted primaries and H bombs
--1.7 ; Neutron bomb --1.8 ; Nuclear weapon effects --2 ; The offense : missiles and
war games --2.1 ; Rocket equation --2.2 ; ICBM trajectories --2.3 ; ICBM accuracy
--2.4 ; GPS accuracy --2.5 ; Kill probability = f (CEP, H, Y, R, n, fratricide) --2.6
; Nuclear conflicts --2.7 ; Conventional conflicts --3 ; The defense : ABM/SDI/BMD/NMD
--3.1 ; ABM history --3.2 ; Target interactions --3.3 ; Nuclear ABMs --3.4 ; Particle
beam weapons --3.5 ; Laser weapons --3.6 ; Orbital chemical lasers --3.7 ; Earth-based
lasers --3.8 ; X-ray laser pumped with a nuclear explosion --3.9 ; Kinetic kill vehicles
--3.10 ; Airborne laser --3.11 ; AntiSatellite weapons --3.12 ; Rail guns.
4 ; Verification and arms control treaties --4.1 ; Verification context --4.2 ; Arms
control treaties --4.3 ; Optical reconnaissance --4.4 ; Adaptive optics --4.5 ; Digital
image processing --4.6 ; Infrared reconnaissance --4.7 ; Radar reconnaissance --4.8
; Nuclear tests in space --4.9 ; Atmospheric nuclear tests --4.10 ; Underground nuclear
tests --4.11 ; How much verification is enough? --5 ; Nuclear proliferation --5.1
; Proliferation : Baruch to Iraq --5.2 ; Uranium enrichment --5.3 ; Separative work
units --5.4 ; Nonproliferation in the former USSR --5.5 ; Plutonium production --5.6
; MTCR and scuds -- ; Environment --6 ; Air and water pollution --6.1 ; Acid rain
pH --6.2 ; Clean Air Act and allowance trading --6.3 ; Pollution scaling --6.4 ; Power
plant plumes --6.5 ; Automobile emissions in the LA air basin --6.6 ; Stratospheric
ozone --6.7 ; Purifying water --6.8 ; Environmental chemistry --6.9 ; Flowing water
--7 ; Nuclear pollution --7.1 ; Low-dose radiation --7.2 ; Loss-of-coolant reactor
accidents --7
8 ; Climate change --8.1 ; Introduction --8.2 ; CO2 projections --8.3 ; Upper-atmospheric
and surface temperatures --8.4 ; Temperature refinements --8.5 ; Link between CO2
and temperature --8.6 ; Solar and oceanic variations --8.7 ; Heat islands --8.8 ;
Policy options --9 ; Electromagnetic fields and epidemiology --9.1 ; Power line health
effects? --9.2 ; Epidemiology -- ; Energy --10 ; The energy situation --10.1 ; Introduction
--10.2 ; Energy orders-of-magnitude --10.3 ; Fossil fuel models --10.4 ; Energy rates
of change --10.5 ; Population and sustainability --10.6 ; Single and combined cycle
power plants --10.7 ; LNG explosions --11 ; Energy in buildings --11.1 ; Heat transfer
--11.2 ; Single- and double-glazed windows --11.3 ; Annual heat loss --11.4 ; Energy
standards --11.5 ; Scaling laws for buildings --12 ; Solar buildings --12.1 ; Solar
flux --12.2 ; Solar collectors --12.3 ; Integrated solar flux --12.4 ; Solar hot water
--12.5 ; Active solar space heat --12.6 ; Passive solar thermal flywheel.
13 ; Renewable energy --13.1 ; Sustainable energy --13.2 ; Photovoltaic solar power
--13.3 ; Solar thermal power --13.4 ; Hydropower --13.5 ; OTEC and thermoclines --13.6
; Wind power --13.7 ; Tidal and wave power --13.8 ; Geothermal power --13.9 ; Biomass
power --13.10 ; Fusion power --14 ; Enhanced end-use efficiency --14.1 ; Heat/cold
storage in large buildings --14.2 ; Improved lighting --14.3 ; Improved windows --14.4
; Heat pumps --14.5 ; Improved appliances --14.6 ; House doctors --14.7 ; Cogeneration
--14.8 ; Utility load management --14.9 ; Energy storage --15 ; Transportation --15.1
; Automobile energy basics --15.2 ; Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) --15.3 ;
IC engines --15.4 ; Hybrid cars --15.5 ; Hydrogen fuel-cell car --15.6 ; Safety --15.7
; Transportation potpourri --16 ; Energy economics --16.1 ; Basic economics --16.2
; Discounted benefits and payback periods --16.3 ; Cost of conserved energy --16.4
; Minimum life-cycle costs --16.5 ; Energy tax credits --16.6 ; Petroleum economy
--16.7 ; Import
