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Nuclear

  • Uranium Warsby Amir D. Aczel

    Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 9.99

    The author of Fermat's Last Theorem tackles the cause of the last century's most destructive event - the discovery of nuclear power. Aczel presents the fascinating story of the rival scientists who uncovered uranium's potential and reveals the ongoing tale of an element that is never far from today's headlines. more...

  • Mathematical methods in Nuclear reactor Dynamicsby Ziya Akcasuh

    Elsevier Science 1971; US$ 69.50

    Mathematical methods in Nuclear reactor Dynamics more...

  • Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Wasteby W. R. Alexander; Linda McKinley

    Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 185.00

    This book presents a critical review of designing, siting, constructing and demonstrating the safety and environmental impact of deep repositories for radioactive wastes. It is structured to provide a broad perspective of this multi-faceted, multi-disciplinary topic: providing enough detail for a non-specialist to understand the fundamental principles... more...

  • Nucleus and Nationby Robert S. Anderson

    University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 48.00

    In 1974 India joined the elite roster of nuclear world powers when it exploded its first nuclear bomb. But the technological progress that facilitated that feat was set in motion many decades before, as India sought both independence from the British and respect from the larger world. Over the course of the twentieth century, India metamorphosed... more...

  • Physique appliquée à l'exposition externeby Rodolphe Antoni; Laurent Bourgois

    Springer 2012; US$ 69.99

    Cet ouvrage fait la synthèse de nombreuses années d'expériences en dosimétrie et techniques de protection contre l’exposition externe, aussi bien dans le domaine industriel que médical. Il rappelle les concepts physiques de base puis propose un certain nombre d'outils d’évaluation des nuisances radiologiques,... more...

  • Noble Gas Detectorsby Elena Aprile; Aleksey E. Bolotnikov; Alexander I. Bolozdynya; Tadayoshi Doke

    Wiley 2007; US$ 288.00

    This book discusses the physical properties of noble fluids, operational principles of detectors based on these media, and the best technical solutions to the design of these detectors. Essential attention is given to detector technology: purification methods and monitoring of purity, information readout methods, electronics, detection of hard ultra-violet... more...

  • Magnetic Control of Tokamak Plasmasby Marco Ariola; Alfredo Pironti

    Springer 2008; US$ 119.99

    The problem of confining a plasma, with sufficiently high density and temperature, is of crucial importance if nuclear fusion is to be made usable as a form of power generation. Tokamaks a" devices with a toroidal geometry a" are among the most popular candidates by which such confinement can be achieved. A tokamak separates a plasma from... more...

  • Nuclear Computational Scienceby Yousry Azmy; Enrico Sartori

    Springer 2010; US$ 109.99

    Nuclear engineering has undergone extensive progress over the years. In the past century, colossal developments have been made and with specific reference to the mathematical theory and computational science underlying this discipline, advances in areas such as high-order discretization methods, Krylov Methods and Iteration Acceleration have steadily... more...

  • High Pressure Bioscience and Biotechnologyby Claude Balny; R. Hayashi

    Elsevier Science 1996; US$ 256.50

    For many years, pressure was disregarded by biochemists. Today, there is a growing interest in pressure as a variable acting on biosystems. The activities that are currently of interest to scientists working in the field of High Pressure Bioscience and Biotechnology have been well presented in this volume, with topics ranging from physical biochemistry,... more...

  • Chain Reactionby Brian Balogh

    Cambridge University Press 1991; US$ 32.00

    Seeks to explain how and why America came to depend so heavily on its experts after World War II and why their authority declined in the 1970s. more...