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1940réf. 017906New York NY : Hastings House Publishers 1940 Hastings House Publishers New York. 1940. Hardcover. Stated First Published in April 1940. Boo is tight square and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good ; light dust soiling to textblock top; light shelfwear to board bottom edges. DJ: Good ; NOT Price Clipped $2.50; wear and missing small pieces at head tail and tips; light rubbing to panels. Tan linen cloth boards and spine with dark brown lettering on the spine and front board. Maps as endpapers. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. This book is much more than a Guidebook to Arizona it a whole library of information on the history geography people and culture of Arizona. The book has 64 pages of photographs and many road and city maps with suggested motor trips and tours. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. Hastings House Publishers hardcover
1940réf. 32663New York: Oxford University Press 1940. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing. 5.5 x 8.25in. xxxi. 634pp. Includes back pocket with folding map. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD. Shows the spine somewhat shelf rubbed and darkened slight shelf rubbing of the extremities otherwise the binding is strong and tight the text is clean and unmarked and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured. Oxford University Press hardcover
1904réf. 007717Boston: Ginn & Company 1904. 5" wide by 7.25" tall. Good EX-LIBRARY. A square tight copy. Inner hinges are perfect. Bound in the original green cloth. Spine is sun-faded. Stamped "DISCARDED" and with a few other library markings. Gift note on the front endpaper has been blacked-out. Corner of rear free endpaper torn out. Text pages are clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Edited with an introductory chapter by Charles M. Bakewell. According to a writer for the LONDON SPECTATOR the Scottish philosopher and adult educationist Thomas Davidson 1840 - 1900 was at the time of his death one of the twelve most learned men in the world. Davidson translated most of the writings of the Italian philosopher Antonio Rosmini-Serbati and as a consequence was responsible for the introduction of his philosophical system to English readers. "After graduating from Aberdeen University 1860 Davidson successively held the positions of rector of the Grammar School of Old Aberdeen teacher and professor in various places in England Scotland and American. He traveled extensively and became a proficient linguist acquiring a knowledge of French German Italian Spanish Greek Latin and Arabic. His ideal was to popularize knowledge among the masses and with this end in view he founded the London Fabian Society but lost interest in it when it drifted into socialism. His interest in St. Thomas Aquinas secured for him an invitation from the pope to proceed to Italy and assist in the preface to a new Vatican edition of the saint's works. He organized the Collegiate Institute of Canada and the Glenmore School for Culture Sciences at Keene in the Adirondack Mountains. Davidson's most successful work was in connection with the Educational Alliance in New York where he attained wide popularity by a series of lectures on sociology. A special class was formed for Jewish young men and women whom he introduced to the great writers on sociology and their problems. He aimed at founding among them what he called a 'Breadwinners' College' but his work was cut short by his untimely death." -- Jewish Encyclopedia in the public domain. First Edition. Hardcover. Good EX-LIBRARY/No dust jacket. ix 247pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Ginn & Company Hardcover
1971réf. Bing718JW021U.S. Government Printing Office 1971. Paperback. Very Good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes : Very good trade paperback with clean pages. Sm4to. 492pp. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1953réf. 83600Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1953. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. Good. iv 85 7 pages. Fold-outs. Figures. Tables. Scarce original issue. Appendix A; Description of Source Maps and Supplementary Material; Appendix B: Urban Feature Maps Needed for Urban Analysis; Appendix C:Method of Estimating Day Population; and Appendix D: Official Civil Defense Publications. This Technical Manual presents methods and procedures for use by city civil defense organization in preparing a civil defense urban analysis. An urban analysis is the process of collecting presenting analyzing and utilizing pertinent information about urban areas. Since the primary purpose of a civil defense urban analysis is to provide the tools for undertaking realistic civil defense planning all pertinent aspects of the city must be considered. Assembling data and presenting the information graphically on maps is only the first step in an urban analysis. The area in which an exploded A-bomb can cause maximum casualties and physical damage must be located. Then a hypothetical attack must be be assumed and the damaged assessed. From this is determined not only the potential causalities but also the potential damage to each urban feature. Next the physical area of the city must be organized for operations and operational plans developed by the civil defense services. In this manner the urban analysis can be of practical use rather an than as a mere reference material to be looked at occasionally before the attack or to be referred to after the attack. Maximum utilization should be made of available maps and data in municipal and other public agencies as well as those in private institutions. The contents include: Factors affecting civil defense urban analysis; Maps used in urban analysis Target analysis Method of estimating damaged to structures and facilities; Mass fire potential; Techniques for estimating casualties and uninjured-unhoused Maps used in planing operations. There are also included four appendices. United States civil defense refers to the use of civil defense in the history of the United States which is the organized non-military effort to prepare Americans for military attack. Late in the 20th century the term and practice of civil defense fell into disuse. Emergency management and homeland security replaced them. The new dimensions of nuclear war terrified the world and the American people. The sheer power of nuclear weapons and the perceived likelihood of such an attack on the United States precipitated a greater response than had yet been required of civil defense. Civil defense something previously considered an important and common-sense step also became divisive and controversial in the charged atmosphere of the Cold War. In 1950 the National Security Resources Board created a 162-page document outlining a model civil defense structure for the US. Called the "Blue Book" by civil defense professionals in reference to its solid blue cover it was the template for legislation and organization that occurred over the next 40 years. Despite a general agreement on the importance of civil defense Congress never came close to meeting the budget requests of federal civil defense agencies. In declassified US war game analyses of the late 1950-60s it was estimated that approximately 27 million US citizens would have been saved with civil defense education in the event of a Soviet pre-emptive strike. At the time however the cost of a full-scale civil defense program was in cost-benefit analysis deemed less effective than a BMD system and as the adversary was increasing their nuclear stockpile both programs would yield diminishing returns. United States Government Printing Office paperback
1938réf. 542498Elizabeth New Jersey: Colby & McGowan 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. With an Introduction and Notes by Amandus Johnson. Tall octavo. 387pp. Blue cloth gilt. Small owner label front pastedown topedge a trifle soiled near fine in very good dust jacket with a few old tape repairs. Scarce in jacket. Colby & McGowan) hardcover
1938réf. 542498Elizabeth New Jersey: Colby & McGowan 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. With an Introduction and Notes by Amandus Johnson. Tall octavo. 387pp. Blue cloth gilt. Small owner label front pastedown topedge a trifle soiled near fine in very good dust jacket with a few old tape repairs. Scarce in jacket. Colby & McGowan) hardcover books
1966réf. Bing832JW058New York University 1966. Hardcover. Good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes : Good hardcover with clean pages previous owner sticker on front pastedown stains on cover. Sm4to. 717pp. New York University hardcover
1938réf. 621469Raleigh: The North Carolina Historical Commission 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. First editions. Complete in three volumes. 491 568 760pp. Maroon cloth gilt. Spines sunned and covers lightly rubbed page edges a trifle foxed and soiled and final 75 pages of Vol. II with a tiny stain on the bottom edge a very good or better set. The North Carolina Historical Commission hardcover
1938réf. 621469Raleigh: The North Carolina Historical Commission 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. First editions. Complete in three volumes. 491 568 760pp. Maroon cloth gilt. Spines sunned and covers lightly rubbed page edges a trifle foxed and soiled and final 75 pages of Vol. II with a tiny stain on the bottom edge a very good or better set. The North Carolina Historical Commission hardcover books
réf. 18-7970Washington DC: National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council 1957. 4to. 26 pp. Very Good. Soft Cover. Typographical paper wraps. Staple binding. Minor discoloration on top right corner. Rubber stamp and penciled notation on top right corner else fine. B&W plates and charts. Extremely Scarce. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, 1957. paperback
1969réf. 3123National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington D.C. 1969 Four volumes as a set green cloth-covered boards white spine lettering 10 1/2 x 8 inches. Ex-library with usual markings else near fine. 24 NASA Contractor Reports 1969-1970. Amazing technology. CR-1496: Radio/Optical/Strapdown Inertial Guidance Study for Advanced Kick Stage Applications 1969 189 pp. CR-1497: The Density of Eigenvalues in Thin Circular Conical Shells 1970 126 pp. CR-1498: Potassium Turboalternator Preliminary Design Study; Turbine Bearing and Seal Parametric Design 1970 224 pp. CR-1499: Potassium Turboalternator Preliminary Design Study; Alternator Parametric Design 1970 322 pp. CR-1506: Radio Astronomical Studies with 1500-Meter Diameter Low-Frequency Telescope 1970 51 pp. CR-1507: Analysis of Large Bending Deformations of a Filamentary Tubular Shell Typical for Pressure Constraint Components of Space Suits 1970 48 pp. CR-1508: Researches in Optimal Rendezvous 1970 47 pp. CR-1509: Cb-1Zr Rankine System Corrosion Test Loop 1970 440 pp. CR-1510: A Procedure for Assessing Aircraft Turbulence-Penetration Performance 1970 56 pp. plus appendices. CR-1511: Error Sensitivity Function Catalog 1970 102 pp. CR-1512: Launch Vehicle Error Sensitivity Study 1970 41 pp. CR-1513: The Determination of Atmospheric Temperature Profiles From Planetary Limb Radiance Profiles 1970 83 pp. CR-1514: Research and Development of a Single Gun Color CRT 1970 54 pp. CR-1515: A Study of the Vibration Responses of Shells and Plates to Fluctuating Pressure Environments 1970 160 pp. CR-1516: Evaluation of Refractory/Austenitic Bimetal Combinations 1970 105 pp. CR-1517: Hydrodynamic Journal Bearing Test and Analysis 1970 215 pp. CR-1518: Axisymmetric Filamentary Structures 1970 107 pp. CR-1519: An Application of Theory to Axial Compressor Noise 1970 95 pp. CR-1520: Flight Computer and Language Processor Study 1970 137 pp. CR-1521: Optical Altimeter Receiver Systems Study and Design for a Spaceborne Laser Altimeter 1970 59 pp. CR-1522: Effects of Sonic Booms and Subsonic Jet Flyover Noise on Skeletal Muscle Tension and a Paced Tracing Task 1970 38 pp. CR-1523: Evaluation of the Gust-Alleviation Characteristics and Handling Qualities of a Free-Wing Aircraft 1970 151 pp. CR-1524: Optimum Solar Electric Interplanetary Trajectory and Performance Data 1970 477 pp. CR-1525: The Effect of Composition on the Mechanism of Stress-Corrosion Cracking of Titanium Alloys in N2O4 and Aqueous and Hot-Salt Environments 1970 79 pp. 3214049. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C. hardcover
2007réf. 84040Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2007. Final Report--Presumed first edition first printing. Wraps. Very good. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. 272 pages. Illustrated front and back cover. Illustrations mostly in color. Definition of Terms. References. Appendices. Minor cover wear noted. NASA letter of appreciation to a senior National Nuclear Security Administration technical expert for support to this report. In the 2005 Budget Authorization Act the U.S. Congress directed the NASA Administrator to provide an analysis of alternatives to detect track catalogue and characterize potentially hazardous near-Earth objects NEO. Congress required that the Administrator submit a program by December 28 2006 to survey 90% of the potentially hazardous objects measuring at least 140 meters in diameter by the end of 2020. In addition the legislation required the Administrator to submit an analysis of alternatives that NASA could employ to divert an object on a likely collision course with Earth. A study team led by the Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation PA&E derived requirements and figures of merit from the Act and used these factors to evaluate the alternatives. The team developed a range of options from public and private sources and then analyzed their capabilities levels of performance life-cycle costs schedules and development and operations risks. This document presents the detailed results of these analyses. A summary report was submitted to Congress in December of 2006. During related Congressional testimony on this report it was stated that The report's basic conclusion is that ``NASA recommends that the program continue as currently planned and we will also take advantage of opportunities using potential dual-use telescopes and spacecraft--and partner with other agencies as feasible--to attempt to achieve the legislated goal within 15 years. However due to current budget constraints NASA cannot initiate a new program at this time.'' In addition the report contained a number of additional findings including: ``The goal of the Survey Program should be modified to detect track catalogue and characterize by the end of 2020 90 percent of all Potentially Hazardous Objects PHOs greater than 140m whose orbits pass within 0.05 AU of the Earth's orbit as opposed to surveying for all NEOs; The Agency could achieve the specified goal of surveying for 90 percent of the potentially hazardous NEOs by the end of 2020 by partnering with other government agencies on potential future optical ground-based observatories and building a dedicated NEO survey asset assuming the partners' potential ground assets come online by 2010 and 2014 and a dedicated asset by 2015; Together the two observatories potentially to be developed by other government agencies could complete 83 percent of the survey by 2020 if observing time at these observatories is shared with NASA's NEO Survey Program; New space-based infrared systems combined with ground-based assets could reduce the overall time to reach the 90 percent goal by at least three years. Space systems have additional benefits as well as costs and risks compared to ground-based alternatives; Radar systems cannot contribute to the search for potentially hazardous objects but may be used to rapidly refine tracking and to determine object sizes for a few NEOs of potentially high interest. Existing radar systems are currently oversubscribed by other missions. Determining a NEO's mass and orbit is required to determine whether it represents a potential threat and to provide required information for most alternatives to mitigate such a threat. Beyond these parameters characterization requirements and capabilities are tied directly to the mitigation strategy selected.''. National Aeronautics and Space Administration paperback
2009réf. 86131Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2009. Presumed First Edition First printing. Comb binding. Very good. 31 3 pages including covers. Contents include Media Services Information; Quick Facts; NASA's Search for Habitable Planets; Scientific Goals and Objectives; Mission Overview; Spacecraft; Instrument - Photometer; Selecting the Kepler Star Field; Education and Public Outreach; Other Exoplanet Activities; Science Team; and Project Management. The Kepler space telescope is a disused space telescope launched by NASA in 2009 to discover Earth-sized planets orbiting other stars. Named after astronomer Johannes Kepler the spacecraft was launched into an Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit. The principal investigator was William J. Borucki. After nine and a half years of operation the telescope's reaction control system fuel was depleted and NASA announced its retirement on October 30 2018. Designed to survey a portion of Earth's region of the Milky Way to discover Earth-size exoplanets in or near habitable zones and estimate how many of the billions of stars in the Milky Way have such planets Kepler's sole scientific instrument is a photometer that continually monitored the brightness of approximately 150000 main sequence stars in a fixed field of view. These data were transmitted to Earth then analyzed to detect periodic dimming caused by exoplanets that cross in front of their host star. Only planets whose orbits are seen edge-on from Earth could be detected. Kepler observed 530506 stars and detected 2778 confirmed planets as of June 16 2023. By January 2015 Kepler and its follow-up observations had found 1013 confirmed exoplanets in about 440 star systems along with a further 3199 unconfirmed planet candidates. Four planets have been confirmed through Kepler's K2 mission. In November 2013 astronomers estimated based on Kepler space mission data that there could be as many as 40 billion rocky Earth-size exoplanets orbiting in the habitable zones of Sun-like stars and red dwarfs within the Milky Way. It is estimated that 11 billion of these planets may be orbiting Sun-like stars. The nearest such planet may be 3.7 parsecs 12 ly away according to the scientists. On January 6 2015 NASA announced the 1000th confirmed exoplanet discovered by the Kepler space telescope. Four of the newly confirmed exoplanets were found to orbit within habitable zones of their related stars: three of the four Kepler-438b Kepler-442b and Kepler-452b are almost Earth-size and likely rocky; the fourth Kepler-440b is a super-Earth. On May 10 2016 NASA verified 1284 new exoplanets found by Kepler the single largest finding of planets to date. Kepler data has also helped scientists observe and understand supernovae; measurements were collected every half-hour so the light curves were especially useful for studying these types of astronomical events. National Aeronautics and Space Administration unknown
2011réf. 86130Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2011. Xerox-style reproduction. Assumed to be one of only a few produced for media representatives. Stapled at upper left corner. Very good. 63 1 pages. Illustrations. Mars Science Laboratory MSL is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26 2011 which successfully landed Curiosity a Mars rover in Gale Crater on August 6 2012. The overall objectives include investigating Mars' habitability studying its climate and geology and collecting data for a human mission to Mars. The rover carries a variety of scientific instruments designed by an international team. Contents include Media Services Information; Quick Facts; Mars at a Glance: Mars Science Laboratory Investigations; Mission Overview; Comparing Two Mars Rover Projects; Spacecraft; Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site; Recent Current and Upcoming Missions; Mars Science: A Story of Changes; Historical Mars Missions; and Program/Project Management. For several reasons a different landing system was chosen for MSL compared to previous Mars landers and rovers. Curiosity was considered too heavy to use the airbag landing system as used on the Mars Pathfinder and Mars Exploration Rovers. The MSL engineers came up with a novel alternative solution: the sky crane. The sky crane system lowered the rover with a 25 ft tether to a soft landing—wheels down—on the surface of Mars. This system consists of a bridle lowering the rover on three nylon tethers and an electrical cable carrying information and power between the descent stage and rover. As the support and data cables unreeled the rover's six motorized wheels snapped into position. At roughly 25 ft below the descent stage the sky crane system slowed to a halt and the rover touched down. After the rover touched down it waited two seconds to confirm that it was on solid ground by detecting the weight on the wheels and fired several pyros small explosive devices activating cable cutters on the bridle and umbilical cords to free itself from the descent stage. The descent stage then flew away to a crash landing 2100 ft away. The sky crane concept had never been used in missions before. National Aeronautics and Space Administration unknown
2002réf. 56499Washington DC: NASA 2002. very good CD-ROM's in fair to good plastic cases. 7 CD-ROM disks 7 CD-ROM disks in plastic cases--cases for disks 1 2 5 & 6 are cracked but no damage to CD-ROM's. The Nimbus 7 Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere LIMS radiance profile dataset of 1978/79 was reconditioned and reprocessed to Version 6 profiles of temperature and species that are improved significantly over those from Version 5. NASA unknown
réf. 13073Washington DC: GPO n.d. very good. 8" x 10" 1 photo 1 signed color photograph. GPO unknown
1980réf. 13065Washington DC: GPO 1980. very good. 8" x 10" 1 photo 1 signed color photograph. GPO unknown
1975réf. 46110Washington DC: NASA 1975. First Edition. First Printing. fair. 859 wraps illus. diagrams references covers worn and soiled slightly cocked damp staining at edges. This was prepared at Goddard Space Flight Center. The Symposium was held in Silver Spring MD and was sponsored by the Institute of Environmental Sciences The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics The American Society for Testing and Materials and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA paperback
1972réf. 46119Washington DC: NASA 1972. First Edition. First Printing. good. 23 cm 1071 wraps illus. references covers somewhat worn and soiled some edge soiling. This symposium was sponsored by the Institute of Environmental Sciences The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; The American Society for Testing and Materials; and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA paperback
1978réf. 72350Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scientific and Technical Information Office 1978. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. good. 11" x 14" vii 1 160 pages profusely illus. some in color tables Cover has some fading. Some pages has slight corner creasing. No dust jacket present. 3D viewer in pocket at rear boards have some edge wear. Oversized item requires more shipping charges if sent overseas. The Viking program consisted of a pair of American space probes sent to Mars Viking 1 and Viking 2. Each spacecraft was composed of two main parts: an orbiter designed to photograph the surface and a lander designed to study the planet from the surface. The orbiters also served as communication relays for the landers. The Viking program grew from NASA's earlier Voyager Mars program. Viking 1 entered Mars orbit on June 19 1976 with Viking 2 following suit on August 7. After orbiting Mars for more than a month and returning images used for landing site selection the orbiters and landers detached; the landers then soft-landed. The Viking 1 lander touched down on the surface of Mars on July 20 1976 and was joined by the Viking 2 lander on September 3. The orbiters continued imaging and performing other scientific operations from orbit while the landers deployed instruments on the surface. Pictures from the Viking 1 and Viking 2 Landers as well as an account of the decade leading up to the Mars pictures by Tim Mutch leader of the Viking Lander Imaging Team. The Viking landers were the first completely successful spacecrafts to land on Mars. Before Viking arrived at Mars landing sites were chosen for both Viking landers. On July 20 1976 Viking lander 1 arrived at its chosen site in the western part of Chryse Planitia. On August 7 1976 Viking lander 2 touched down on Utopia Planitia. Each of the Viking landers carried a series of science packages which included a weather station a seismometer a chemical analysis package two cameras a soil composition package and a biological experiment package. Within minutes of lander 1's touch down the first picture was taken in case something happened to the spacecraft. This picture showed what looked like a sandy dusty surface with rocks up to 10 cm in diameter. The two cameras on each lander were mounted on opposite sides of the space craft. This allowed stereoscopic images to be taken which could be used to calculate distances from the lander to the features in the pictures. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office hardcover
2004réf. 85216Washington DC: National Nuclear Security Administration c2004. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. DVD. Very Good/In plastic case. Face of the CD/DVD states: To open double cline the "My Computer" icon on the desktop double click Drive D: double click ;nnsa catalog". There are images of weapons and platforms and technology images. Additional text reads The Nation's Applied Technology Complex. National Security Solutions Provider. Many customers many capabilities one enterprise. The National Nuclear Security Administration issued this catalogue in 2003-2004 and an updated version in 2005 to present information that its Nuclear Security Enterprise provided complete integration of design development application testing and production and that it provided customers of the Nuclear Weapons Complex with access to unsurpassed expertise. Customers were assured that they would receive more than the highest quality product; they were assured of security and safety throughout the entire process--from design to manufacturing to final delivery. NNSA asserted that it was this complete suite of design manufacturing and testing technologies that made it unique. At the time it was encouraging DOD Intelligence Community agencies and others with appropriate requirements to explore working with the NNSA and its management and operating contractors. National Nuclear Security Administration unknown
2013réf. 76279Las Vegas NV: National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Field Office/National Security Technologies Office of Public Affairs 2013. Presumed First thus. DVD-RW. Very good. This has two files. One of JVE historic photographs as a powerpoint presentation with about 160 images. The second file is a WMV format and is about a 40 minute video of Ambassador Paul Robinson's remarks shown at the commemoration. The United States part of the Joint Verification Experiment carried out in 1988 as the Kearsarge event in Operation Touchstone. Twenty-five years later before tensions increased between Russia and the United States a joint commemoration of the event was held at the Nevada Nuclear Security Site formerly the Nevada Test Site. The objective of the JVE was to calibrate the seismic yield estimation capability of underground nuclear explosions conducted in both countries. It involved the unprecedented US yield measurement of a Soviet nuclear explosion at its then nuclear test site in Kazakhstan and the reciprocal Soviet yield measurement of a US nuclear explosion at the Nevada Test Site. JVE provided the first opportunity for scientists from US and Soviet nuclear weapons laboratories to meet and work cooperatively. At the Nevada Test Site and at the follow-on experiment at the Soviet Semipalatinsk Test Site they developed confidence-building steps that made possible the ratification of the TTBT in 1990. Both Russians and Americans agree that cooperation between US and Soviet nuclear weapons scientists began with the JVE and the follow-on discussions on the TTBT verification mechanisms during the Geneva negotiations. National Nuclear Security Administration, Nevada Field Office/National Security Technologies, Office of Public Affairs unknown
2011réf. 80403Washington DC: National Nuclear Security Administration 2011. Presumed First thus. Held together with a binder clip. Very good. Volume 3 ONLY. C. Deeney's copy per cover sheet. While stated as Volume 3 this appears to be a stand-alone item documenting the Third Review Panel Meeting. It is labeled on the cover shee as NIC Preliminary Data. The agenda covers June 2 and June 3 2011. Among the topics and presentations at tabs are NIC Overview by E. Moses NIC Technical Framework by J. Lindl Ignition Tuning Experiments by N. Landen Progress on Target Layering by J. Atherton Implosion Experiments by J. Edwards and ITF/ITFX Assessment by J. Lindl and NIC FY11 Go-Forward Schedule by J. Atherton. The presentations are printed with four frames per page with substantial use of color. The National Ignition Facility NIF is a large laser-based inertial confinement fusion ICF research device located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore California. NIF uses lasers to heat and compress a small amount of hydrogen fuel with the goal of inducing nuclear fusion reactions. NIF's mission is to achieve fusion ignition with high energy gain and to support nuclear weapon maintenance and design by studying the behavior of matter under the conditions found within nuclear weapons. NIF is the largest and most energetic ICF device built to date and the largest laser in the world. The National Ignition Campaign NIC was a multi-institution effort established under the National Nuclear Security Administration of DOE in 2005 prior to the completion of the National Ignition Facility NIF in 2009. The scope of the NIC was the planning and preparation for and the execution of the first 3 yr of ignition experiments through the end of September 2012 as well as the development fielding qualification and integration of the wide range of capabilities required for ignition. Besides the operation and optimization of the use of NIF these capabilities included over 50 optical x-ray and nuclear diagnostic systems target fabrication facilities experimental platforms and a wide range of NIF facility infrastructure. The goal of ignition experiments on the NIF is to achieve for the first time ignition and thermonuclear burn in the laboratory via inertial confinement fusion and to develop a platform for ignition and high energy density applications on the NIF. The goal of the NIC was to develop and integrate all of the capabilities required for a precision ignition campaign and if possible to demonstrate ignition and gain by the end of FY12. The goal of achieving ignition can be divided into three main challenges. The first challenge is defining specifications for the target laser and diagnostics with the understanding that not all ignition physics is fully understood and not all material properties are known. The second challenge is designing experiments to systematically remove these uncertainties. The third challenge is translating these experimental results into metrics designed to determine how well the experimental implosions have performed relative to expectations and requirements and to advance those metrics toward the conditions required for ignition. At project completion in 2009 NIF lacked almost all the diagnostics and infrastructure required for ignition experiments. About half of the 3 yr period covered in this review was taken up by the effort required to install and performance qualify the equipment and experimental platforms needed for ignition experiments. Ignition on the NIF is a grand challenge undertaking and the results presented here represent a snapshot in time on the path toward that goal. The path forward presented at the end of this review summarizes plans for the Ignition Campaign on the NIF which were adopted at the end of 2012 as well as some of the key results obtained since the end of the NIC. National Nuclear Security Administration unknown
1940réf. 48613New York: Puerto Rico Department of Education / University Society 1940. Very Good-. New York: Puerto Rico Department of Education / University Society 1940. First Edition Stated. Octavo 21cm; publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in dark green map endpapers; xli1409pp.; twenty-four leaves of halftone plates. Sadly lacking the folding map in rear light shelf wear and spotting to cloth manuscript ownership signature of the USO Club - YMCA with occasional marginalia throughout. Good to Very Good overall. Forms part of the American Guide Series. Puerto Rico Department of Education / University Society unknown
