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05964cam a2200577 a 4500 001 854C47506BF511DEA13FF332A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20151002020208 008 080207s2008 nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2008006075 020 $a 0393066274 (hardcover) 020 $a 9780393066272 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)181139562 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BAKER $d YDXCP $d C#P $d BWX $d UKM $d CDX $d UPZ $d Q2Z $d VP@ $d NOR $d GZM $d NLGGC $d IG# $d CQU $d JIN $d SILO 050 00 $a QC28 $b .M85 2008 082 00 $a 530 $2 22 084 $a 30.30 $2 bcl 084 $a 50.70 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Muller, R. $q (Richard) 245 1 $a Physics for future presidents : $b the science behind the headlines / $c Richard A. Muller. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b W.W. Norton & Co., $c c2008. 300 $a 380 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 25 cm. 520 $a Learn the science behind the headlines in this work that outlines the tools of terrorists, the dangers of nuclear power, and the reality of global warming. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-359) and index. 505 00 $t Energy : presidential summary -- $g The $t Terrorism -- $g 1. $t Nine-eleven -- $t Inspecting passengers -- $t Taking control -- $t Flying and navigating the airplane -- $t Impact -- $g 2. $t Terrorist nukes -- $t Big nukes -- $g The $t terrorist dirty bomb -- $t Rogue nukes -- $t Uranium bombs -- $t Plutonium bombs -- $g 3. The $t next terrorist attack -- $t Future airplane gasoline attacks -- $t Bombs on airplanes -- $g 4. $t Biological terrorism -- $g The $t anthrax attack -- $t Terrorism : presidential summary -- $g [pt]. 2. $t Energy -- $g 5. $t Key energy surprises -- $t Why we love oil -- $t Power -- $t Energy alternatives -- $g Th e $t bottom line : the cost of energy -- $g 6. $t Solar power -- $g An $t anecdote -- $t Basic facts -- $t Solar power plants -- $t Solar airplanes -- $g 7. The $t end of oil -- $t Oil from coal : Fischer-Tropsch -- $g The $t price of oil -- $t Energy : presidential summary -- 505 00 $g 14. $t Nukes : presidential summary -- $g 8. $t Radioactivity and death -- $t Radiation and cancer -- $g The $t linear effect -- $g The $t Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor disaster -- $g The $t linear hypothesis -- $g 9. $t Radioactive decay -- $t Dangers of short versus long half-lives -- $t Environmental radioactivity -- $t Horrific mutations -- $t X-rays and microwaves -- $t Is radioactivity contagious? -- $g 10. $t Nuclear weapons -- $g The $t key to an explosion: the nuclear chain reaction -- $t World War II and the Manhattan Project -- $t Critical mass - the first atomic secret -- $t Hiroshima - the simple bomb design -- $g The $t hard part - purifying uranium-235 -- $t Centrifuges -- $g The $t plutonium bomb - an implosion design -- $g The $t hydrogen bomb -- $t Fallout -- $t Big bombs -- $t Smaller weapons, more destruction -- $g 11. $t Nuclear madness -- $g The $t neutron bomb and the weapons paradox -- $t Nuclear proliferation -- $t How worried should we be? -- $t Nukular weapons -- $g 12. $t Nuclear power -- $t Can a nuclear reactor explode like an atomic bomb? -- $t Manufacturing plutonium -- $t Fast breeder reactors -- $g The $t China Syndrome -- $t Three Mile Island - fuel meltdown -- $t Chernobyl - a runaway chain reaction -- $t Pebble bed reactors -- $g 13. $t Nuclear waste -- $t My confession -- $t Plutonium -- $t Depleted uranium -- $g 14. $t Controlled fusion -- $t Tokamak -- $t Laser fusion -- $t Cold fusion -- $t Nukes : presidential summary -- 505 00 $g 23. $t Kyoto -- $g 15. $t Space and satellites -- $t Satellite orbits : LEO, GEO, and MEO -- $t GPS : a set of medium-Earth-orbit satellites -- $t Spy satellites -- $t Rocket science -- $g 16. $t Gravity applications -- $t g's -- $t Using gravity to search for ice, oil, hidden craters, and secret tunnels -- $t Space industry : manufacturing in a weightless environment -- $t Gravity on the Moon and asteroids -- $t Artificial gravity -- $g The $t X Prize -- $g 17. $t Humans in space -- $g 18. $t Spying with invisible light -- $t Infrared radiation -- $t Remote sensing of the Earth -- $t Military special ops -- $t Stinger missiles -- $t Radar and stealth -- $t Radar imaging -- $t X-ray backscatter -- $t Space : presidential summary -- $g [pt]. 5. $t Global warming -- $g 19. A $t brief history of climate -- $g The $t climate of the past 14,000 years -- $g 20. The $t greenhouse effect -- $t Carbon dioxide -- $t Calculating greenhouse warming -- $t Another danger : acid oceans -- $g The $t ozone hole -- $g 21. A $t very likely cause -- $g Doing something about it : Alaska -- $g 22. $t Evidence -- $t Distortion -- $t Exaggeration -- $t Cherry picking -- $t News bias -- $g The $t hockey stick -- $t Carbon dioxide and ancient climate -- $t Science and propaganda -- $g 23. $t Nonsolutions -- $t Hydrogen hype -- $t Electric automobiles -- $t Fusion -- $t Solar power -- $t Recycling -- $t Kyoto -- 505 00 $g 25. $t Index. $t Comfortable conservation -- $t Compact fluorescent lights -- $t Cool colors : when brown paint is white -- $t Reason for optimism : Rosenfeld's law -- $g The $t fizzling population bomb -- $t Automobile efficiency -- $g 25. $t New technologies -- $t Biofuels -- $t Concentrating solar -- $t Safe nukes -- $t Clean coal -- $t Carbon credits -- $t Renewable energy -- $t Global warming : presidential summary - the buck stops here -- $t Notes -- $t Index. 650 0 $a Physics $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Science and state. 650 0 $a Science in mass media. 941 $a 16 952 $l LTAX046 $d 20220805011202.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20220721010310.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220706021353.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210803014548.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528042351.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006045038.0 952 $l IBAX173 $d 20180307022035.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180111050933.0 952 $l POSX851 $d 20171024020049.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418064927.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20100201083435.0 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l OSAX771 $d 20100120073657.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=854C47506BF511DEA13FF332A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b JINInitiate Another SILO Locator Search