{"product_id":"fusion-the-search-for-endless-energy-hardback-9780521383738","title":"Fusion; The Search for Endless Energy (Hardback) 9780521383738","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFusion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Search for Endless Energy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is the story of the international race to build the first atomic fusion reactor.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobin Herman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521383738, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 October 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 17 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16 x 2.2 cm, 0.545 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is a book that once started demands to be read in one sitting.' Physics World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFusion: The Search for Endless Energy is the story of the international race to build the first atomic fusion reactor. It is the story of a fraternity of scientists, whose members included such greats as Andrei Sakharov and Edward Teller. Transcending political boundaries, their utopian mission was to create a source of safe, clean, inexhaustible energy from the elements of seawater. The book abounds with fascinating anecdotes about fusion's rocky path. Aimed at a general audience, the book describes the scientific basis of controlled fusion - the fusing of atomic nuclei, under conditions hotter than the sun, to release energy. Using personal recollections of scientists involved, the book traces the history of this little-known international race that began during the Cold War in secret laboratories in the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union, and evolved into an astonishingly open collaboration between East and West.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. The invention of Dr Spitzer\u003cbr\u003e 2. Behind closed doors\u003cbr\u003e 3. Friends and rivals\u003cbr\u003e 4. Searching for answers\u003cbr\u003e 5. Dawn of the tokamak\u003cbr\u003e 6. Building big science\u003cbr\u003e 7. Forming the major league\u003cbr\u003e 8. The political plasma\u003cbr\u003e 9. The modern fusion lab\u003cbr\u003e 10. The plasma olympics\u003cbr\u003e 11. Different directions\u003cbr\u003e 12. Struggling to sell fusion\u003cbr\u003e 13. In sight of breakeven\u003cbr\u003e 14. Fusion's past and future\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Physics%20%5BPH%5D%22\"\u003ePH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004160528664,"sku":"9780521383738","price":96.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521383738i_4fe26293-44a2-413c-bb3f-ded30b893a67.jpg?v=1691376141","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fusion-the-search-for-endless-energy-hardback-9780521383738","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}