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Clery, Daniel.
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Renewable energy sources.
Controlled fusion.
Fusion reactors.
Nuclear fusion.
Nuclear energy -- Research.
Nuclear physics -- Research.
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Clery, Daniel.
Renewable energy sources.
Controlled fusion.
Fusion reactors.
Nuclear fusion.
Nuclear energy -- Research.
Nuclear physics -- Research.
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A piece of the sun : the quest for
fusion
energy / Daniel Clery.
by
Clery, Daniel.
Duckworth Overlook, 2013, c2013.
Call #:
621.484 C633p
Subjects
Renewable energy sources.
Controlled
fusion
.
Fusion
reactors
.
Nuclear
fusion
.
Nuclear energy -- Research.
Nuclear physics -- Research.
ISBN:
9781468304930 (2013 Overlook Duckworth USA hc.)
1468304933 (2013 Overlook Duckworth USA hc.)
9780715645253 (2013 Overlook Duckworth UK hc.)
0715645250 (2013 Overlook Duckworth UK hc.)
Description:
320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Why
Fusion
? -- Britain : Thonemann and the Pinch -- United States : Spitzer and the Stellarator -- Russia : Artsimovich and the Tokamak -- Tokamaks Take Over --
Fusion
by Laser -- One Big Machine -- If Not Now, When?
Summary:
"Our rapidly industrializing world has an insatiable hunger for energy and conventional sources are struggling to meet demand. Oil is running out, coal is damaging our climate, many nations are abandoning nuclear, yet solar, wind, and water will never be a complete replacement. The solution, says Daniel Clery in this deeply researched and revelatory book, is to be found in the original energy source: the Sun itself. There, at its center, the
fusion
of 620 million tons of hydrogen every second generates an unfathomable amount of energy. By replicating even a tiny piece of the Sun's power on Earth, we can secure all the heat and energy we would ever need. Nuclear
fusion
scientists have pursued this simple yet extraordinary ambition for decades. Skeptics say it will never work but, as A Piece of the Sun makes clear, large-scale nuclear
fusion
is scientifically possible--and has many advantages over other options.
Fusion
is clean, green and virtually limitless and Clery argues passionately and eloquently that the only thing keeping us from proving its worth is our politicians' shortsightedness. The world energy industry is worth trillions of dollars, divert just a tiny fraction of that into researching
fusion
and we would soon know if it is workable. Timely and authoritative, A Piece of the Sun is a rousing call-to-arms to seize this chance of avoiding the looming energy crisis"--Provided by publisher.
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