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000328276 1001_ $$aMuller, R.$$q(Richard)
000328276 24510 $$aPhysics for future presidents :$$bthe science behind the headlines /$$cRichard A. Muller.
000328276 250__ $$a1st ed.
000328276 260__ $$aNew York :$$bW.W. Norton & Co.,$$cc2008.
000328276 300__ $$a380 p. :$$bill., maps ;$$c25 cm.
000328276 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 347-359) and index.
000328276 50500 $$tIntroduction --$$g[pt]. 1.$$tTerrorism --$$g1.$$tNine-eleven --$$tInspecting passengers --$$tTaking control --$$tFlying and navigating the airplane --$$tImpact --$$g2.$$tTerrorist nukes --$$tBig nukes --$$gThe$$tterrorist dirty bomb --$$tRogue nukes --$$tUranium bombs --$$tPlutonium bombs --$$g3. The$$tnext terrorist attack --$$tFuture airplane gasoline attacks --$$tBombs on airplanes --$$g4.$$tBiological terrorism --$$gThe$$tanthrax attack --$$tTerrorism : presidential summary --$$g[pt]. 2.$$tEnergy --$$g5.$$tKey energy surprises --$$tWhy we love oil --$$tPower --$$tEnergy alternatives --$$gTh e$$tbottom line : the cost of energy --$$g6.$$tSolar power --$$gAn$$tanecdote --$$tBasic facts --$$tSolar power plants --$$tSolar airplanes --$$g7. The$$tend of oil --$$tOil from coal : Fischer-Tropsch --$$gThe$$tprice of oil --$$tEnergy : presidential summary --
000328276 50500 $$g[pt]. 3.$$tNukes --$$g8.$$tRadioactivity and death --$$tRadiation and cancer --$$gThe$$tlinear effect --$$gThe$$tChernobyl Nuclear Reactor disaster --$$gThe$$tlinear hypothesis --$$g9.$$tRadioactive decay --$$tDangers of short versus long half-lives --$$tEnvironmental radioactivity --$$tHorrific mutations --$$tX-rays and microwaves --$$tIs radioactivity contagious? --$$g10.$$tNuclear weapons --$$gThe$$tkey to an explosion: the nuclear chain reaction --$$tWorld War II and the Manhattan Project --$$tCritical mass - the first atomic secret --$$tHiroshima - the simple bomb design --$$gThe$$thard part - purifying uranium-235 --$$tCentrifuges --$$gThe$$tplutonium bomb - an implosion design --$$gThe$$thydrogen bomb --$$tFallout --$$tBig bombs --$$tSmaller weapons, more destruction --$$g11.$$tNuclear madness --$$gThe$$tneutron bomb and the weapons paradox --$$tNuclear proliferation --$$tHow worried should we be? --$$tNukular weapons --$$g12.$$tNuclear power --$$tCan a nuclear reactor explode like an atomic bomb? --$$tManufacturing plutonium --$$tFast breeder reactors --$$gThe$$tChina Syndrome --$$tThree Mile Island - fuel meltdown --$$tChernobyl - a runaway chain reaction --$$tPebble bed reactors --$$g13.$$tNuclear waste --$$tMy confession --$$tPlutonium --$$tDepleted uranium --$$g14.$$tControlled fusion --$$tTokamak --$$tLaser fusion --$$tCold fusion --$$tNukes : presidential summary --
000328276 50500 $$g[pt]. 4.$$tSpace --$$g15.$$tSpace and satellites --$$tSatellite orbits : LEO, GEO, and MEO --$$tGPS : a set of medium-Earth-orbit satellites --$$tSpy satellites --$$tRocket science --$$g16.$$tGravity applications --$$tg's --$$tUsing gravity to search for ice, oil, hidden craters, and secret tunnels --$$tSpace industry : manufacturing in a weightless environment --$$tGravity on the Moon and asteroids --$$tArtificial gravity --$$gThe$$tX Prize --$$g17.$$tHumans in space --$$g18.$$tSpying with invisible light --$$tInfrared radiation --$$tRemote sensing of the Earth --$$tMilitary special ops --$$tStinger missiles --$$tRadar and stealth --$$tRadar imaging --$$tX-ray backscatter --$$tSpace : presidential summary --$$g[pt]. 5.$$tGlobal warming --$$g19.  A$$tbrief history of climate --$$gThe$$tclimate of the past 14,000 years --$$g20. The$$tgreenhouse effect --$$tCarbon dioxide --$$tCalculating greenhouse warming --$$tAnother danger : acid oceans --$$gThe$$tozone hole --$$g21. A$$tvery likely cause --$$gDoing something about it : Alaska --$$g22.$$tEvidence --$$tDistortion --$$tExaggeration --$$tCherry picking --$$tNews bias --$$gThe$$thockey stick --$$tCarbon dioxide and ancient climate --$$tScience and propaganda --$$g23.$$tNonsolutions --$$tHydrogen hype --$$tElectric automobiles --$$tFusion --$$tSolar power --$$tRecycling --$$tKyoto --
000328276 50500 $$g24. The$$tfruit of the ground --$$tComfortable conservation --$$tCompact fluorescent lights --$$tCool colors : when brown paint is white --$$tReason for optimism : Rosenfeld's law --$$gThe$$tfizzling population bomb --$$tAutomobile efficiency --$$g25.$$tNew technologies --$$tBiofuels --$$tConcentrating solar --$$tSafe nukes --$$tClean coal --$$tCarbon credits --$$tRenewable energy --$$tGlobal warming : presidential summary - the buck stops here --$$tNotes --$$tIndex.
000328276 520__ $$aLearn 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.
000328276 650_0 $$aPhysics$$xSocial aspects.
000328276 650_0 $$aScience and state.
000328276 650_0 $$aScience in mass media.
000328276 85200 $$bgen$$hQC28$$i.M85$$i2008
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000328276 980__ $$aBIB
000328276 980__ $$aBOOK