‎Sciences occultes‎

‎Royal Gardens, Kew‎

‎Hand-List of Herbaceous Plants Cultivated in the Royal Gardens‎

‎Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1895. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. Rebound by the library; internally clean.This book has board covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item450grams ISBN: Her Majesty's Stationery Office unknown‎

Référence libraire : 3832246

‎George Barrow‎

‎The Geology of North Cleveland Memoirs of the Geological Survey‎

‎Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1888. Rebound By The Library. Some Pencil Markings. Slight Rip On The First Page. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library With usual stamps and markings In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item350grams ISBN: Her Majesty's Stationery Office hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 2834603

‎Ball, D‎

‎The Soils and Land Use of The District Around Rhyl & Denbigh‎

‎Her Majesty's Stationery Office. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library With usual stamps and markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item379grams ISBN: Her Majesty's Stationery Office hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 2854986

‎National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine‎

‎The Next Decade of Discovery in Solar and Space Physics: Exploring and Safeguarding Humanity's Home in Space‎

‎Paperback / softback. New. <p>Groundbreaking advances in solar and space physics have provided key insights into the dynamic physical processes on the Sun and its influence on Earth the near-Earth space environment other planets in our solar system and beyond. As we look to the next decade future discoveries in the field will expand our knowledge of the cosmos and better prepare us for the impact of space weather events on critical systems and humanity. The Next Decade of Discovery in Solar and Space Physics: Exploring and Safeguarding Humanity's Home in Space a National Academies' decadal survey presents a prioritized strategy for basic and applied research to advance scientific understanding of the heliosphere and the origins of space weather the Sun's interactions with other bodies in the solar system and the interplanetary and interstellar mediums.</p>Table of Contents<br /><ul><li>Front Matter</li><li>Summary</li><li>1 Solar and Space Physics</li><li>2 New and Emerging Frontiers in Science</li><li>3 Solar and Space Physics in the Service of Humanity</li><li>4 Toward a Thriving Solar and Space Physics Community</li><li>5 Comprehensive Research Strategy: A HelioSystems Laboratory and Supporting Research and Technology</li><li>6 Summary of Research Strategy and Budget Implications</li><li>Appendixes</li><li>Appendix A: Statement of Task</li><li>Appendix B: Report of the Panel on the Physics of the Sun and Heliosphere</li><li>Appendix C: Report of the Panel on the Physics of Magnetospheres</li><li>Appendix D: Report of the Panel on the Physics of Ionospheres Thermospheres and Mesospheres</li><li>Appendix E: Report of the Panel on Space Weather Science and Applications</li><li>Appendix F: Report of the Panel on the State of the Profession: A Vision for a People-Centered Solar and Space Physics Heliophysics Community</li><li>Appendix G: Technical Risk and Cost Evaluation</li><li>Appendix H: Acronyms and Abbreviations</li><li>Appendix I: Committee and Panel Biographical Information</li></ul> paperback‎

Référence libraire : A9780309725552 ISBN : 0309725550 9780309725552

‎Review the US. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Pla, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Sta, Divis‎

‎Implementing Climate and Global Change Research : A Review of the Final U. S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan‎

‎National Academies Press. Used - Like New. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. National Academies Press unknown‎

Référence libraire : 53149015-6 ISBN : 0309088658 9780309088657

‎Hogg, G.‎

‎The Far-Flung Isles: Orkney and Shetland‎

‎Robert Hale 1961. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item500grams ISBN: Robert Hale hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5776860

‎Bower, FO. F. O.‎

‎Cambridge Botanical Handbooks: The Ferns Filicales Treated Comparatively with a View to their Natural Classification: Volume I: Analytical Examination of the Criteria of Comparison‎

‎Cambridge University Press 1923. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1150grams ISBN: Cambridge University Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5776853

‎Lawrence George H. M.‎

‎History of Botany‎

‎The Clark Memorial Library 1965. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN: The Clark Memorial Library hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 2926175

‎Larsen, K‎

‎Tropical Botany‎

‎Academic Press Inc 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN:012437350X Academic Press Inc hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5598808 ISBN : 012437350X 9780124373501

‎Fitzgerald, P. et al‎

‎The Village London Atlas: The Growth of Victorian London 1822-1903‎

‎Guild Publishing 1988. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1100grams ISBN: Guild Publishing hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5776906

‎Lloyd, FE. F. E.‎

‎A New Series of Plant Science Books: The Carnivorous Plants Volume 9‎

‎Chronica Botanica Company 1942. Volume 9. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1000grams ISBN: Chronica Botanica Company hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5776850

‎Watson David‎

‎Making Sense of the Place Names of the Lake District‎

‎Photoprint Scotland 2009. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item200grams ISBN:9780955943843 Photoprint Scotland paperback‎

Référence libraire : 5776898 ISBN : 0955943841 9780955943843

‎Dudley Duncan, O. et al‎

‎Statistical Geography: Problems in Analyzing Areal Data‎

‎The Free Press of Glencoe 1961. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN: The Free Press of Glencoe hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5776411

‎Williams, I A‎

‎Flowers of Marsh and Stream‎

‎The King Penguin Books 1946. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item200grams ISBN: The King Penguin Books hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5598781

‎Crang, Mike (Ed.)‎

‎Thinking Space‎

‎Routledge 2000. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN:0415160154 Routledge hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 2924981 ISBN : 0415160154 9780415160155

‎Crang, Mike (Ed.)‎

‎Thinking Space‎

‎Routledge 2000. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN:0415160154 Routledge hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 2924982 ISBN : 0415160154 9780415160155

‎Setlow, Richard (Task Group Chair) and National Research Council, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications‎

‎Radiation Hazards to Crews of Interplanetary Missions; Biological Issues and Research Strategies‎

‎Washington DC: National Academy Press 1996. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Good. The format is approximately 8.25 inches by 10.75 inches. xii 75 1 pages. Illustrated front cover. Some red ink marks noted. Figures. Tables. References. This is one of the National Academies Compass Series. Astronauts who venture beyond the protection of Earth's atmosphere and magnetosphere risk exposure to levels of radiation far exceeding those on Earth. Of all the risks this one is probably the most straightforward to control—by providing adequate shielding. However because shielding adds weight cost and complexity to space vehicles it is very important for designers to have a good quantitative understanding of the risk and its degree of certainty. This report assesses our understanding of radiation hazards in space. It also considers the additional research needed to reduce the areas of uncertainty research that must be completed prior to undertaking the detailed design of a vehicle carrying crew members into space for periods of extended exposure. The report finds that it will take more than a decade of research to answer even the narrowest set of key questions. The nation has backed away from a specific timetable for human exploration of the moon and Mars. Yet it seems plausible that such expeditions will be mounted sometime in the first quarter of the 21st century especially given the recent resurgence of interest in possible life on Mars from the study of meteorites. It becomes clear when the lengthy time scale of the research is also taken into account that the present report is indeed timely and should receive prompt consideration by NASA planners. NASA's long-range plans include possible human exploratory missions to the moon and Mars within the next quarter century. Such missions beyond low Earth orbit will expose crews to transient radiation from solar particle events as well as continuous high-energy galactic cosmic rays ranging from energetic protons with low mean linear energy transfer LET to nuclei with high atomic numbers high energies and high LET. Because the radiation levels in space are high and the missions long adequate shielding is needed to minimize the deleterious health effects of exposure to radiation. The knowledge base needed to design shielding involves two sets of factors each with quantitative uncertainty—the radiation spectra and doses present behind different types of shielding and the effects of the doses on relevant biological systems. It is only prudent to design shielding that will protect the crew of spacecraft exposed to predicted high but uncertain levels of radiation and biological effects. Because of the uncertainties regarding the degree and type of radiation protection needed a requirement for shielding to protect against large deleterious but uncertain biological effects may be imposed which in turn could result in an unacceptable cost to a mission. It therefore is of interest to reduce these uncertainties in biological effects and shielding requirements for reasons of mission feasibility safety and cost. National Academy Press paperback‎

Référence libraire : 88096 ISBN : 0309056985 9780309056984

‎Austrian Academy of Sciences Press‎

‎Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch German Edition‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 3700126395.G ISBN : 3700126395 9783700126393

‎Assembly of Life Sciences, National Research Council‎

‎Ecological Aspects of Development in the Humid Tropics‎

‎National Academies Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean average condition without any missing pages. National Academies Press unknown‎

Référence libraire : 7776356-6 ISBN : 0309032350 9780309032353

‎National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council‎

‎Damage to Livestock from Radioactive Fallout in Event of Nuclear War; A Report by the Subcommittee on Livestock Damage of the Advisory Committee on Civil Defense National Academy of Sciences--National Research Council‎

‎Washington DC: National Academy of Sciences National Research Council 1963. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Good. vi 93 1 pages. Tables. Formulae. Appendixes. References. Index. This is Publication 1078. Cover has some wear and soiling and a small blacked over portion on the top right of the front cover. The contents includes discussions of the Subcommittee's approach effects of external ionizing radiation on farm animals Effects from ingestion of fission products internal exposure to Gamma and Bata Rays. effects of contact with radioactive materials animals and poultry as sources of food exposure of marine life sterility sexual genetic and embryologic effects protective considerations form husbandmen and research needs along with several appendixes. This publication is a condensed review of the available literature concerning the effects of radioactive fallout upon animals under varying situations. Its main purpose is the estimation of the usability of animal tissue for human consumption in a time of disaster due to a nuclear attack. Material is presented in a clear concise manner with no literary embellishment. The reader need not be an atomic scientist to fully comprehend the facts as stated although there are adequate formulas and calculations given to interest readers knowledgeable in physical science. The text progresses step by step through several species of animals and the effects of gamma and beta radiation upon their systems. Clinical and post-mortem findings are clearly outlined. The main fission by-products such as Iodine-131 and Strontium-90<br /> and their toxic effects are discussed. Sterility along with other considerations of reproduction is considered because of the need for replacement stock particularly after a nuclear disaster. Therapy feeding practices and protective considerations for the husbandmen are reviewed. The final chapter is most worthy of the research communities' consideration. It deals with research needed to fill out the complete picture of nuclear fallout and its effects on animals. Urgently needed information in both the physical and biological areas is listed.<br /> Four appendixes are added which enlarge and explain in greater detail methods for computing fallout and its uptake by different tissues. Eighteen pages of references offer the reader a wide area for library exploration in addition to making the report a valuable reference. This book can be recommended to both scientist and layman and especially to anyone dealing with research animals or those produced for consumption as food. From a review in American Journal of Public Health 54 no. 1 January 1964 by Clifford H. Eby. National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council paperback‎

Référence libraire : 85741

‎National Research Council of the National Academies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Materials Advisory‎

‎Globalization of Materials R&D; Time for a National Strategy‎

‎Washington DC: The National Academies Press 2005. Presumed First Edition First printing. Trade paperback. Very good. xv 1 199 1 pages. Decorative front cover. Footnotes. Figures. Tables. Materials Science and Engineering MSE R&D is spreading globally at an accelerating rate. As a result the relative U.S. position in a number of MSE subfields is in a state of flux. To understand better this trend and its implications for the U.S. economy and national security the Department of Defense DOD asked the NRC to assess the status and impacts of the global spread of MSE R&D. This report presents a discussion of drivers affecting U.S. companies'" decisions about location of MSE R&D an analysis of impacts on the U.S. economy and national security and recommendations to ensure continued U.S. access to critical MSE R&D. This report includes: Table of Contents; Front Matter; Executive Summary; 1 Materials as Global Activity: Setting the Scene; 2 Globalization of Materials Research & Development Activity; 3 Benchmarking of Materials Science and Engineering R&D; 4 The Regulatory Regime as a Driver; 5 Assessing the Impacts of Materials Science and Engineering R&D Globalization; 6 Conclusions and Recommendations; Appendix A Committee Biographies; Appendix B Presentations to the Committee at its Public Meetings; Appendix C Global Trends in MSE Patents; Appendix D Global Trends in Literature Authorship; Appendix E Results of Community Poll; Appendix F Superalloy Case Study; Appendix G Environmental and Safety and Health Regulations; and Appendix H Defining 21st Century Defense Needs. Among the Reviews was Siegfried Hecker of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Materials Science and Engineering MSE R&D is spreading globally at an accelerating rate. As a result the relative U.S. position in a number of MSE subfields is in a state of flux. To understand better this trend and its implications for the U.S. economy and national security the Department of Defense DOD asked the NRC to assess the status and impacts of the global spread of MSE R&D. This report presents a discussion of drivers affecting U.S. companies' decisions about location of MSE R&D an analysis of impacts on the U.S. economy and national security and recommendations to ensure continued U.S. access to critical MSE R&D. When it released this report the National Academies Press issued in part the following statement: While the United States remains a world leader in materials research and development competition from new materials R&D centers worldwide could weaken the nation's position in this field says a new report from the National Academies' National Research Council. The federal government should define a national strategy to ensure that future national security needs in materials R&D can be addressed; that universities and federal agencies -- including the U.S. Department of Defense National Science Foundation U.S. Department of Energy and NASA -- participate in international materials R&D collaborations; and that more American students are encouraged to pursue careers in science and engineering. Available evidence suggests that the globalization of materials R&D has had a limited effect on the U.S. economy and national security to date but the impact in the near future is highly uncertain the report says. The federal government needs to gather data on trends in materials R&D worldwide in order to assess how well the United States is performing compared with other countries and to determine how to ensure that the nation's economic and security needs are met. The United States can no longer assume that the most important innovations in materials science and engineering will take place domestically. To have access to superior technologies developed elsewhere the United States needs to become one of the most active players in international materials R&D teams and ensure that knowledge generated by foreign R&D is absorbed into domestic programs both civilian and military the report says. Policy-makers need to ensure that current controls on exports do not impede U.S. participation in international projects the committee said. . Maintaining U.S. leadership in materials R&D also will require that the nation's educational system attract more students to degrees in science and engineering the committee said.If the United States is to continue to compete on the global stage its educational system will have to consider the needs of federal agencies and industry and ensure an adequate supply of professionals in materials science and engineering the committee said. The study was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense. The National Academies Press paperback‎

Référence libraire : 84102 ISBN : 0309096030 9780309096034

‎Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Department of Military and Emergency‎

‎Bushmaster Go Book‎

‎Bethesda Maryland: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine Department of Military and Emergency Medicine 2013. Revised Edition presumed first printing thus. Spiral bound. Very good. ix 1 219 1 pages plus covers. Illustrations. Includes chapters on Tactical Leadership Checklists Radio Communications; Establishing a Battalion Aid Station; Medical Platoon Operational Procedures; Battle Drills/Attack Scenarios; Evacuation; Medical Stability Operations; Health Service Support; and Appendices Glossary and Notes. Also includes Precombat Checklists Troop Leading Procedures Force Protection Levels Individual PCI Checklist Leader PCI Checklist Personnel Status Communications Convoy PCI Convoy Mission Briefing Preventive Medicine Radio Communications Establishing a Battalion Aid Station Mass Casualty Plans Medical Platoon Operational Procedures Battle Drills/Attack Scenarios Evacuation Medical Stability Operations Healthy Service Support Appendices including Glossary. OPERATION BUSHMASTER is a field training exercise FTX conducted at Fort Indiatown Gap Pennsylvania. During this exercise senior USU medical students Graduate Nursing students and international military medical officers are formally evaluated on their medical knowledge and leadership abilities in a simulated resource constrained far forward tactical field setting. Students assume leadership positions in a joint battalion aid station where they are presented with operationally current reality based missions and operational problems for which they must plan and execute while simultaneously managing the medical care of simulated Disease and Non-Battle Injury DNBI patients combat stress casualties and combat trauma casualties. Before "Operation Bushmaster" students go through a two-week military contingency medicine course during which they are presented operational problems and receive pre-deployment training just as they would prior to a real deployment. This classroom phase includes lectures and is focused on team building. The students become a cohesive unit as they prepare to deploy to a fictional country facing challenges from rebel forces. Divided into two groups the students were sent sequentially to spend four days at this large National Guard base nestled in the mountains just north of Hershey Pennsylvania. They were assigned to one of four platoons - all undergoing identical scenarios planning and executing missions while simultaneously caring for a variety of casualties ranging in severity from fatigue to gunshot wounds. The exercise featured nearly 1000 encounters with simulated patients. While patient care is a large part of their training leadership communication skills and logistics are just as important. Students were assigned various roles during the exercise such as patient administrator triage officer medical logistics or litter bearers transporting patients. They frequently rotated positions allowing every student to practice each role. The students also were graded on how well they performed key positions including platoon leader ambulance team leader surgeon and combat stress control officer. They were graded on a number of factors such as communication and leadership skills as they were observed by more than 60 faculty members from Uniformed Services University as well as from across the country. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Department of Military and Emergency unknown‎

Référence libraire : 80287

‎National Research Council, Division of earth and Life Sciences, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Committee on Dosimetry for‎

‎Status of the Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation DS86‎

‎Washington DC: National Academy Press 2001. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Very good. xii 198 2 pages. Illustrations Tables Figures some with color. Formulae. Appendixes. Glossary. References. Biosketches. The Committee on Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation RERF was set up more than a decade before this publication at the request of the U.S. Department of Energy. It was charged with monitoring work and experimental results related to the Dosimetry System 1986 DS86 used by RERF to reconstruct the radiation doses to the survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At the time it was established DS86 was believed to be the best available dosimetric system for RERF but questions have persisted about some features especially the estimates of neutrons resulting from the Hiroshima bomb. This book describes the current situation the gamma-ray dosimetry and such dosimetry issues as thermal-neutron discrepancies between measurement and calculation at various distances in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It recommends approaches to bring those issues to closure and sets the stage for the recently convened U.S. and Japan Working Groups that will develop a new dosimetry for RERF. The book outlines the changes relating to DS86 in the past 15 years such as improved numbers that go into and are part of more sophisticated calculations for determining the radiations from bombs that reach certain distances in air and encourages incorporation of the changes into a revised dosimetry system. The Radiation Effects Research Foundation RERF is a joint U.S.-Japan research organization responsible for studying the medical effects of radiation and associated diseases in humans for the welfare of the survivors and all humankind. The organization is located in Hiroshima Japan. The studies have been going on for 70 years which makes RERF the only institution that has been conducting epidemiological studies on a population of more than 120000 individuals for this long. RERF continues to conduct research until this day because the effects of A-bomb radiation on human health have not been fully elucidated. RERF conducts research in multiple fields of science including epidemiology clinical medicine genetics and immunology. Findings from RERF's studies have been used not only for the medical care and welfare of the A-bomb survivors but also for the establishment of international radiation protection standards. The preceding organization to RERF was the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission which was established in 1948 by the U.S National Academy of Sciences. It was established to determine how over long-term exposure to radiation affected the health of A-bomb survivors. An extensive interview survey was conducted in the 1950s based on which records were compiled for each A-bomb survivor. These records concerned location and structure of the building the survivor may have been at the time of the bombing. Based on these records radiation doses were calculated for most A-bomb survivors. RERF was established on April 1 1975 as a nonprofit foundation under the jurisdiction of the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Health and Welfare. On April 1 2012 RERF transitioned to a public interest incorporated foundation upon authorization by Japan's Prime Minister. National Academy Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 81522 ISBN : 0309075599 9780309075596

‎National Research Council. Commission on Physical Sciences Mathematics and Applications. Board on Physics and Astronomy. As‎

‎The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics‎

‎Washington DC: National Academy Press 1991. Presumed First Edition First printing. Trade paperback. Very good. xvi 2 181 1 pages. Tables. Figures some in color. References. Appendices. Index. Slight cover wear. The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics CAA provides an independent authoritative forum for identifying and discussing issues in astronomy and astrophysics with the research community the federal government and the interested public. The committee supports scientific progress in astronomy and astrophysics by providing advice to the federal government on the implementation of decadal survey recommendations. The CAA will issue reports that will provide guidance to federal agencies that support astronomy and astrophysics research. The CAA's scope spans the full range of astronomy and astrophysics research including space- and ground-based observations. The Committee's domain encompasses stellar galactic and extragalactic astronomy particle astrophysics cosmology the search for extra-solar planets and aspects of fundamental physics relating to astronomical objects. The CAA's scope also includes appropriate cross-disciplinary areas and consideration of budget and programmatic aspects of the implementation of the decadal survey. Astronomers and astrophysicists are making revolutionary advances in our understanding of planets stars galaxies and even the structure of the universe itself. The Decade of Discovery presents a survey of this exciting field of science and offers a prioritized agenda for space- and ground-based research into the twenty-first century. The book presents specific recommendations programs and expenditure levels to meet the needs of the astronomy and astrophysics communities.<br/>Accessible to the interested lay reader the book explores:<br/><br/>The technological investments needed for instruments that will be built in the next century.<br/>The importance of the computer revolution to all aspects of astronomical research.<br/>The potential usefulness of the moon as an observatory site.<br/>Policy issues relevant to the funding of astronomy and the execution of astronomical projects.<br/>The Decade of Discovery will prove valuable to science policymakers research administrators scientists and students in the physical sciences and interested lay readers.<br/>Alternate Selection Astronomy Book Club. National Academy Press paperback‎

Référence libraire : 81246 ISBN : 0309043816 9780309043816

‎National Research Council of the National Academies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Energy and Environm‎

‎An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy‎

‎Washington DC: The National Academies Press 2013. Prepublication copy--subject to further editorial correction. Wraps. Good. 8 16 56 54 24 65 pages. Footnotes. Illustrations Tables and Figures. Rear cover creased. The potential for using fusion energy to produce commercial electric power was first explored in the 1950s. Harnessing fusion energy offers the prospect of a nearly carbon-free energy source with a virtually unlimited supply of fuel. Unlike nuclear fission plants appropriately designed fusion power plants would not produce the large amounts of high-level nuclear waste that requires long-term disposal. Due to these prospects many nations have initiated research and development R&D programs aimed at developing fusion as an energy source. Two R&D approaches are being explored: magnetic fusion energy MFE and inertial fusion energy IFE. An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy describes and assesses the current status of IFE research in the United States; compares the various technical approaches to IFE; and identifies the scientific and engineering challenges associated with developing inertial confinement fusion ICF in particular as an energy source. It also provides guidance on an R&D roadmap at the conceptual level for a national program focusing on the design and construction of an inertial fusion energy demonstration plant. The committee's final report represents the consensus of the committee after six meetings see Appendix C for the meeting agendas. The first four meetings were concerned mainly with information gathering through presentations while the final two meetings focused on carrying out a detailed analysis of the many important topics needed to complete the committee's assessment. This report describes and assesses the current status of inertial fusion energy research in the United States identifies the scientific and engineering challenges<br/>associated with developing inertial confinement fusion as an energy source compares the various technical approaches and finally provides guidance on an R&D roadmap at the conceptual level for a national program aimed at the design and construction of an inertial fusion energy demonstration plant including approximate estimates where possible of the funding required at each stage. At the outset of the study the committee decided that the fusion-fission hybrid concept was outside the scope of the study. While they are certainly interesting subjects of study comparisons of inertial fusion energy to magnetic fusion energy or any other potential or available energy technologies such as wind or nuclear fission were also outside the committee's purview. Although the committee carried out its work in an unclassified environment it was recognized that some of the research relevant to the prospects for inertial fusion energy was conducted under the auspices of the nation's nuclear weapons program and has been classified. Therefore the NRC established the separate Panel on the Assessment of Inertial Confinement Fusion ICF Targets to explore the extent to which past and ongoing classified research affects the prospects for practical inertial fusion energy systems. The panel was also tasked with analyzing the nuclear proliferation risks associated with IFE; although that analysis was not available for inclusion in the interim report the committee reviewed the panel's principal conclusions and recommendations on proliferation and these are included in this final report of the committee. The target physics panel exchanged unclassified information informally with the committee in the course of the study process and the committee was aware of the panel's conclusions and recommendations as they evolved. The panel produced both a classified and an unclassified report; the latter was timed so as to be available to inform this committee's final report; the Summary of the panel's unclassified report prepublication version is included as Appendix H. The National Academies Press paperback‎

Référence libraire : 81285