Physics of Societal Issues: Calculations on National Security, Environment, and EnergySpringer Science & Business Media, 10/08/2007 - 487 páginas Physics of Societal Issues is a textbook for all those who wish to discuss the fundamental issues of energy use, nuclear weapons, and the environment using facts and figures instead of slogans and postures. It will provide the reader with the tools and insights needed to analyze many complex issues with insights gained from informed estimates and simple calculations. Taking his inspiration from Fermi's famous "back of the envelope" calculations, Hafemeister shows how to capture the essence of a problem in rough estimates of the important parameters and then to use those estimates to gauge the effects of policy decisions. Hafemeister draws on dozens of years of experience working on just these issues in the US Senate, the national Academy of Sciences, and several Federal agencies, as well as the Lawrence-Berkeley, Los Alamos, and Argonne national laboratories to provide details and examples as well as insight into the issues needed to plan public policy. The book is divided into three parts, each treating an area in which physics plays a major role: - National security: nuclear weapons and their effects, missile defenses, arms control and verification, and nuclear proliferation and terrorism - The environment: pollution dispersal and control, radioactive pollution, climate change, and the epidemiology of electromagnetic radiation - Energy: estimating energy resources and use, use of energy in buildings and for transportation, renewable energy sources, and the economics of energy use. Each chapter includes numerous problems to challenge the reader and to extend the discussion. It is the only equation-oriented book for physics seniors and gradutate students that covers the three main physics and society issues. |
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... standard that scientists should follow in both their research and teaching: to be open-minded, and to refrain from sins of commission and omission. It is tempting to win an argument by avoiding issues that undercut one's argument, but ...
... standards? Can we predict the extent of chemical plumes from fossil power plants and radioactive plumes from accidents involving nuclear power and nuclear weapons? Can we estimate radon levels inside buildings or temperatures of ...
... standard of 27.5 mpg? Since the oil embargo, the United States has reduced energy consumption by 50 percent in new cars, new buildings, and new appliances. Is it technically possible for Americans to reduce consumption by a another 50 ...
... standard deviation σs but with CEP radius. By integrating p(r) from r = 0 to CEP and setting the integrated single-shot kill probability (SSKP) to 0.5, it is shown in problem 2.13 that CEP = 1.1σ. The general form of the equations below ...
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ABMSDIBMDNMD | 55 |
Verification and Arms Control Treaties | 77 |
Nuclear Proliferation | 105 |
Environment | 134 |
Nuclear Pollution | 163 |
Climate Change | 197 |
Renewable Energy | 316 |
Enhanced EndUse Efficiency | 343 |
Transportation | 378 |
Energy Economics | 402 |
A Nuclear Arms Chronology | 431 |
B EnergyEnvironment Chronology | 446 |
Units | 454 |
Websites | 460 |
Electromagnetic Fields and Epidemiology | 233 |
Energy | 246 |
Energy in Buildings | 279 |
Solar Buildings | 299 |
F Glossary | 469 |
G Index | 483 |
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