An Indispensable Truth How Fusion Power Can Save the Planet

Both global warming and oil shortage can be solved by controlled fusion, a clean power source that will serve mankind for millennia.The idea of hydrogen fusion as well as its difficulties are presented in non-technical language to dispel the notion that fusion is always 50 years away. This book also...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chen, Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2011, 2011
Edition:1st ed. 2011
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Prologue
  • The Evidence for Climate Change
  • The Future of Energy I:  Fossil Fuels
  • The Future of Energy II:  Renewable Energy
  • Fusion:  Energy from the Seawater
  • Perfecting the Magnetic Bottle
  • The Remarkable Tokamak
  • Evolution and Physics of the Tokamak
  • A Half-century of Progress
  • Engineering:  The Big Challenge
  • Fusion Concepts for the Future
  • Conclusions
  • Epilogue