Screen LibraryPhysics of societal issues：calculations on national security, environment, and energy
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Undergraduate texts in contemporary physics |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 487 p.: ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0387955607 (alk. paper) 9780387955605 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | O4 |
| CLC: |
O4-05 N05 X24 |
| Call Number: | O4-05/H138 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Nuclear weapons -- 2. The offense : missiles and war games -- 3. The defense : ABM/SDI/BMD/NMD -- 4. Verification and arms control treaties -- 5. Nuclear proliferation -- 6. Air and water pollution -- 7. Nuclear pollution -- 8. Climate change -- 9. Electromagnetic fields and epidemiology -- 10. The energy situation -- 11. Energy in buildings -- 12. Solar buildings -- 13. Renewable energy -- 14. Enhanced end-use efficiency -- 15. Transportation -- 16. Energy economics -- App. A. Nuclear arms chronology -- App. B. Energy/environment chronology. |