TY  - BOOK
AU  - Muller,R.
TI  - Physics for future presidents: the science behind the headlines 
SN  - 9780393066272 (hardcover)
AV  - QC28 .M85 2008
U1  - 530 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton & Co.
KW  - Physics
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Science and state
KW  - Science in mass media
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-359) and index; Introduction --; [pt]. 1; Terrorism --; 1; Nine-eleven --; Inspecting passengers --; Taking control --; Flying and navigating the airplane --; Impact --; 2; Terrorist nukes --; Big nukes --; The; terrorist dirty bomb --; Rogue nukes --; Uranium bombs --; Plutonium bombs --; 3. The; next terrorist attack --; Future airplane gasoline attacks --; Bombs on airplanes --; 4; Biological terrorism --; The; anthrax attack --; Terrorism : presidential summary --; [pt]. 2; Energy --; 5; Key energy surprises --; Why we love oil --; Power --; Energy alternatives --; Th e; bottom line : the cost of energy --; 6; Solar power --; An; anecdote --; Basic facts --; Solar power plants --; Solar airplanes --; 7. The; end of oil --; Oil from coal : Fischer-Tropsch --; The; price of oil --; Energy : presidential summary --; [pt]. 3; Nukes --; 8; Radioactivity and death --; Radiation and cancer --; The; linear effect --; The; Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor disaster --; The; linear hypothesis --; 9; Radioactive decay --; Dangers of short versus long half-lives --; Environmental radioactivity --; Horrific mutations --; X-rays and microwaves --; Is radioactivity contagious? --; 10; Nuclear weapons --; The; key to an explosion: the nuclear chain reaction --; World War II and the Manhattan Project --; Critical mass - the first atomic secret --; Hiroshima - the simple bomb design --; The; hard part - purifying uranium-235 --; Centrifuges --; The; plutonium bomb - an implosion design --; The; hydrogen bomb --; Fallout --; Big bombs --; Smaller weapons, more destruction --; 11; Nuclear madness --; The; neutron bomb and the weapons paradox --; Nuclear proliferation --; How worried should we be? --; Nukular weapons --; 12; Nuclear power --; Can a nuclear reactor explode like an atomic bomb? --; Manufacturing plutonium --; Fast breeder reactors --; The; China Syndrome --; Three Mile Island - fuel meltdown --; Chernobyl - a runaway chain reaction --; Pebble bed reactors --; 13; Nuclear waste --; My confession --; Plutonium --; Depleted uranium --; 14; Controlled fusion --; Tokamak --; Laser fusion --; Cold fusion --; Nukes : presidential summary --; [pt]. 4; Space --; 15; Space and satellites --; Satellite orbits : LEO, GEO, and MEO --; GPS : a set of medium-Earth-orbit satellites --; Spy satellites --; Rocket science --; 16; Gravity applications --; g's --; Using gravity to search for ice, oil, hidden craters, and secret tunnels --; Space industry : manufacturing in a weightless environment --; Gravity on the Moon and asteroids --; Artificial gravity --; The; X Prize --; 17; Humans in space --; 18; Spying with invisible light --; Infrared radiation --; Remote sensing of the Earth --; Military special ops --; Stinger missiles --; Radar and stealth --; Radar imaging --; X-ray backscatter --; Space : presidential summary --; [pt]. 5; Global warming --; 19.  A; brief history of climate --; The; climate of the past 14,000 years --; 20. The; greenhouse effect --; Carbon dioxide --; Calculating greenhouse warming --; Another danger : acid oceans --; The; ozone hole --; 21. A; very likely cause --; Doing something about it : Alaska --; 22; Evidence --; Distortion --; Exaggeration --; Cherry picking --; News bias --; The; hockey stick --; Carbon dioxide and ancient climate --; Science and propaganda --; 23; Nonsolutions --; Hydrogen hype --; Electric automobiles --; Fusion --; Solar power --; Recycling --; Kyoto --; 24. The; fruit of the ground --; Comfortable conservation --; Compact fluorescent lights --; Cool colors : when brown paint is white --; Reason for optimism : Rosenfeld's law --; The; fizzling population bomb --; Automobile efficiency --; 25; New technologies --; Biofuels --; Concentrating solar --; Safe nukes --; Clean coal --; Carbon credits --; Renewable energy --; Global warming : presidential summary - the buck stops here --; Notes --; Index
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0810/2008006075.html
ER  -