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von Hippel, Frank |
Plutonium |
I08705 |
2019 |
eBook |
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Formicola, Alba |
Nuclei in the Cosmos XV |
I08674 |
2019 |
eBook |
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13 |
Fernandez, Bernard |
Unravelling the Mystery of the Atomic Nucleus |
I08022 |
2013 |
eBook |
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14 |
Fesenko, Olena |
Nanomaterials Imaging Techniques, Surface Studies, and Applications |
I07903 |
2013 |
eBook |
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15 |
Reed, Bruce Cameron |
The Physics of the Manhattan Project |
I07895 |
2015 |
eBook |
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16 |
Reed, B. Cameron |
The Physics of the Manhattan Project |
I07719 |
2011 |
eBook |
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17 |
Ochiai, Eiichiro |
Hiroshima to Fukushima |
I07520 |
2014 |
eBook |
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18 |
Shaviv, Giora |
The Synthesis of the Elements |
I07432 |
2012 |
eBook |
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19 |
Reed, Bruce Cameron |
The History and Science of the Manhattan Project |
I07241 |
2014 |
eBook |
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Greiner, Walter |
Nuclear Physics: Present and Future |
I07177 |
2015 |
eBook |
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Title | Plutonium : How Nuclear Power???s Dream Fuel Became a Nightmare |
Author(s) | von Hippel, Frank;Takubo, Masafumi;Kang, Jungmin |
Publication | Singapore, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Singapore, 2019. |
Description | XXI, 177 p. 51 illus., 44 illus. in color : online resource |
Abstract Note | This book provides a readable and thought-provoking analysis of the issues surrounding nuclear fuel reprocessing and fast-neutron reactors, including discussion of resources, economics, radiological risk and resistance to nuclear proliferation. It describes the history and science behind reprocessing, and gives an overview of the status of reprocessing programmes around the world. It concludes that such programs should be discontinued. While nuclear power is seen by many as the only realistic solution to the carbon emission problem, some national nuclear establishments have been pursuing development and deployment of sodium-cooled plutonium breeder reactors, and plutonium recycling. Its proponents argue that this system would offer significant advantages relative to current light water reactor technology in terms of greater uranium utilization efficiency, and that separating out the long-lived plutonium and other transuranics from spent fuel and fissioning them in fast reactors would greatly reduce the duration of the toxicity of radioactive waste. However, the history of efforts to deploy this system commercially in a number of countries over the last six decades has been one of economic and technical failure and, in some cases, was used to mask clandestine nuclear weapon development programs. Covering topics of significant public interest including nuclear safety, fuel storage, environmental impact and the spectre of nuclear terrorism, this book presents a comprehensive analysis of the issue for nuclear engineers, policy analysts, government officials and the general public. |
ISBN,Price | 9789811399015 |
Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. ENERGY
4. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
5. NUCLEAR ENERGY
6. PHYSICS
7. Popular Science in Energy
8. Popular Science in Physics
9. Science???Social aspects
10. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
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Title | Nuclei in the Cosmos XV |
Author(s) | Formicola, Alba;Junker, Matthias;Gialanella, Lucio;Imbriani, Gianluca |
Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2019. |
Description | LXI, 472 p. 168 illus., 152 illus. in color : online resource |
Abstract Note | These peer-reviewed NIC XV conference proceedings present the latest major advances in nuclear physics, astrophysics, astronomy, cosmochemistry and neutrino physics, which provide the necessary framework for a microscopic understanding of astrophysical processes. The book also discusses future directions and perspectives in the various fields of nuclear astrophysics research. In addition, it also includes a limited number of section of more general interest on double beta decay and dark matter |
ISBN,Price | 9783030138769 |
Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
5. COSMOLOGY
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. Heavy ions
9. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
10. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
11. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
12. Observations, Astronomical
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Title | Unravelling the Mystery of the Atomic Nucleus : A Sixty Year Journey 1896 ??? 1956 |
Author(s) | Fernandez, Bernard;Ripka, Georges |
Publication | New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer New York, 2013. |
Description | XVIII, 530 p : online resource |
Abstract Note | Unravelling the Mystery of the Atomic Nucleus tells the story of how, in the span of barely sixty years, we made a transition from the belief that matter was composed of indivisible atoms, to the discovery that in the heart of each atom lies a nucleus which is ten thousand times smaller than the atom, which nonetheless carries almost all its mass, and the transformations of which involve energies that could never be reached by chemical reactions. It was not a smooth transition. The nature of nuclei, their properties, the physical laws which govern their behaviour, and the possibility of controlling to some extent their transformations, were discovered in discontinuous steps, following paths which occasionally led to errors which in turn were corrected by further experimental discoveries. The story begins in 1896 when radioactivity was unexpectedly discovered and continues up to the nineteen-sixties. The authors describe the spectacular progress made by physics during that time, which not only revealed a new form of matter, namely nuclei, but also modified our way of thinking by developing quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity. The book is written in a clear and non mathematical language which makes it both accessible and instructive to laymen, physicists and students, as well as to historians of science. It delves into subjects which are of utmost importance for the understanding of matter in our universe and for understanding how this knowledge was achieved |
ISBN,Price | 9781461441816 |
Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Heavy ions
4. HISTORY
5. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
6. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
7. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
8. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
9. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
10. PHYSICS
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I08022 |
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Title | Nanomaterials Imaging Techniques, Surface Studies, and Applications : Selected Proceedings of the FP7 International Summer School Nanotechnology: From Fundamental Research to Innovations, August 26-September 2, 2012, Bukovel, Ukraine |
Author(s) | Fesenko, Olena;Yatsenko, Leonid;Brodin, Mikhaylo |
Publication | New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer New York, 2013. |
Description | XX, 372 p : online resource |
Abstract Note | This book presents cutting-edge research on a wide range of nanotechnology techniques and applications.?? It features contributions from scientists who participated in the International Summer School ???Nanotechnology: From Fundamental Research to Innovations??? in Bukovel, Ukraine on August 26 ??? September 2, 2012 funded by the European Commission FP7 project Nanotwinning implemented by the Institute of Physics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and partner institutions: University of Tartu (Estonia), European Profiles A.E. (Greece), University of Turin (Italy) and Universit?? Pierre et Marie Curie (France).?? Worldwide experts present the latest results on such key topics as microscopy of nanostructures; nanocomposites; nanostructured interfaces and surfaces; nanooptics; nanoplasmonics; and enhanced vibrational spectroscopy.?? Imaging technique coverage ranges from atomic force microscopy and spectroscopy, multiphoton imagery, and laser diagnostics of nanomaterials and nanostructures, to resonance Raman and SERS for surface characterization, and scanning tunneling microscopy of organic molecules.?? The breadth of topics highlights the exciting variety of research currently being undertaken in this field and suggests exciting opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and future research. Presents microscopy, spectroscopy and laser imaging techniques for nanomaterials and nanocomposites Covers state-of-the-art advances in areas suc h as nano-bio architectures, metal nanostructures and active materials, and chemical preparation of graphene Represents essential reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students through practicing university and industry researchers |
ISBN,Price | 9781461476757 |
Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Materials???Surfaces
4. MICROSCOPY
5. Nanoscale science
6. Nanoscale Science and Technology
7. NANOSCIENCE
8. Nanostructures
9. NANOTECHNOLOGY
10. Nanotechnology and Microengineering
11. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
12. SPECTROSCOPY
13. Spectroscopy and Microscopy
14. Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films
15. THIN FILMS
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Title | The Physics of the Manhattan Project |
Author(s) | Reed, Bruce Cameron |
Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015. |
Description | XVII, 222 p. 70 illus : online resource |
Abstract Note | The development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project is one of the most significant scientific events of the twentieth century. This revised and updated 3rd edition explores the challenges that faced the scientists and engineers of the Manhattan Project. It gives a clear introduction to fission weapons at the level of an upper-year undergraduate physics student by examining the details of nuclear reactions, their energy release, analytic and numerical models of the fission process, how critical masses can be estimated, how fissile materials are produced, and what factors complicate bomb design. An extensive list of references and a number of exercises for self-study are included. Links are given to several freely-available spreadsheets which users can use to run many of the calculations for themselves |
ISBN,Price | 9783662435335 |
Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
4. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
5. NUCLEAR ENERGY
6. NUCLEAR FUSION
7. PHYSICS
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Title | The Physics of the Manhattan Project |
Author(s) | Reed, B. Cameron |
Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. |
Description | XIII, 170 p. 45 illus : online resource |
Abstract Note | The development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project is one of the most significant scientific events of the twentieth century. This book, prepared by a gifted teacher of physics, explores the challenges that faced the members of the Manhattan project. In doing so it gives a clear introduction to fission weapons at the level of an upper-level undergraduate physics student. Details of nuclear reactions, their energy release, the fission process, how critical masses can be estimated, how fissile materials are produced, and what factors complicate bomb design are covered. An extensive list of references and a number of problems for self-study are included. Links are given to several spreadsheets with which users can run many of the calculations for themselves |
ISBN,Price | 9783642147098 |
Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
4. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
5. NUCLEAR FUSION
6. PHYSICS
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Title | Hiroshima to Fukushima : Biohazards of Radiation |
Author(s) | Ochiai, Eiichiro |
Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. |
Description | XVI, 225 p. 90 illus., 46 illus. in color : online resource |
Abstract Note | Set against a backdrop of the recent disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, "Hiroshima to Fukushima" examines the issue of radiation safety. The author provides important and accurate scientific information about the radioactive substances arising from nuclear power plants and weapons, including the effects of this radiation on living organisms. Currently, humankind is at a crossroads and must decide whether to phase out or increase its reliance on nuclear power as weapons and an energy source. Although a few countries, mostly European, have vowed to abolish nuclear power as an energy source, many other countries are about to increase their nuclear power programs. This book is written from a Japanese perspective and thus provides an alternative to views of Western writers. The author includes rigorous scientific analyses, however maintains a broad scope which allows the book to be accessible to decision-makers and non-specialists |
ISBN,Price | 9783642387272 |
Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection
4. Energy and state
5. Energy policy
6. Energy Policy, Economics and Management
7. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
8. NUCLEAR ENERGY
9. Radiation protection
10. Radiation???Safety measures
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Title | The Synthesis of the Elements : The Astrophysical Quest for Nucleosynthesis and What It Can Tell Us About the Universe |
Author(s) | Shaviv, Giora |
Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. |
Description | XXII, 684 p. 255 illus., 117 illus. in color : online resource |
Abstract Note | This book describes the origins and evolution of the chemical elements?? we and the cosmos are made of. The story starts with the discovery of the common elements on Earth and their subsequent discovery in space. How do we learn the composition of the distant stars? How did progress in quantum theory, nuclear physics, spectroscopy, stellar structure and evolution, together with observations of stars, converge to provide an incredibly detailed picture of the universe? How does research in the micro-world explain the macro-world? How does progress in one affect the other, or lack of knowledge in one inhibit progress in the other? In short, Shaviv describes how we discovered the various pieces of the jigsaw that form our present picture of the universe; and how we sometimes put these in the wrong place before finding in the right one. En route we meet some fascinating personalities and learn about heated controversies. Shaviv shows how science lurched from one dogma?? to the next, time and again shattering much of what had been considered solid knowledge, until eventually a stable understanding arose. Beginning with generally accepted science, the book ends in today???s terra incognita of nuclear physics, astrophysics and cosmology. A monumental work that will fascinate scientists, philosophers, historians and lay readers alike |
ISBN,Price | 9783642283857 |
Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
7. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
8. PHYSICS
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Title | The History and Science of the Manhattan Project |
Author(s) | Reed, Bruce Cameron |
Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. |
Description | XVI, 472 p. 173 illus : online resource |
Abstract Note | The development of atomic bombs under the auspices of the U. S. Army???s Manhattan Project during World War II is considered to be the outstanding news story of the twentieth century. In this book, a physicist and expert on the history of the Project presents a comprehensive overview of this momentous achievement. The first three chapters cover the history of nuclear physics from the discovery of radioactivity to the discovery of fission, and would be ideal for instructors of a sophomore-level ???Modern Physics??? course. Student-level exercises at the ends of the chapters are accompanied by answers. Chapter 7 covers the physics of first-generation fission weapons at a similar level, again accompanied by exercises and answers. For the interested layman and for non-science students and instructors, the book includes extensive qualitative material on the history, organization, implementation, and results of the Manhattan Project and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing missions. The reader also learns about the legacy of the Project as reflected in the current world stockpiles of nuclear weapons. |
ISBN,Price | 9783642402975 |
Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Heavy ions
4. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
5. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
6. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
7. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
8. PHYSICS
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