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Megawatts and Megatons

The Future of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons

By: Richard L. Garwin,Georges Charpak

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Megawatts and Megatons

The Future of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons

By: Richard L. Garwin,Georges Charpak

In Megawatts and Megatons, world-renowned physicists Richard L. Garwin and Georges Charpak offer an accessible, eminently well-informed primer on two of the most important issues of our time: nuclear weapons and nuclear power. They begin by explaining clearly and concisely how nuclear fission and fusion work in both warheads and reactors, and how they can impact human health. Making a strong and eloquent argument in favor of arms control, Garwin and Charpak outline specific strategies for achieving this goal worldwide. But they also demonstrate how nuclear power can provide an assured, economically feasible, and environmentally responsible source of energy—in a way that avoids the hazards of weapons proliferation. Numerous figures enliven the text, including cartoons by Sempé.

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436

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University of Chicago Press

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0226284271

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9780226284279

Nonlethal Technologies

Progress and Prospects : Report of an Independent Task Force Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations

By: Richard L. Garwin

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Nonlethal Technologies

Progress and Prospects : Report of an Independent Task Force Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations

By: Richard L. Garwin

To explore this potential and its impact on policy, the Council on Foreign Relations sponsored a second Independent Task Force on Nonlethal Technologies.

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106

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Council on Foreign Relations

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0876092563

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9780876092569

Hurtling Toward Oblivion

A Logical Argument for the End of the Age

By: Richard A. Swenson

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Hurtling Toward Oblivion

A Logical Argument for the End of the Age

By: Richard A. Swenson

The director of the Future Health Study explains how and why progress is leading us toward an inevitable crisis and the end of human history as we know it.

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148

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1576830705

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9781576830703

International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies

42nd Session ..., "E. Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, 19-24 August 2009

By: Richard C. Ragaini

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International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies

42nd Session ..., "E. Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, 19-24 August 2009

By: Richard C. Ragaini

The Erice International Seminars are multidisciplinary seminars attended by over 100 eminent participants from all fields of Science. Each year, a few scientific issues are selected and experts are invited to present contrasting views during the plenary multidisciplinary sessions of the Seminar, followed by general debates. These sessions offer a unique opportunity for specialists to enlarge their fields of vision by being confronted to the ideas and suggestions from high level scientists in complementary domains of science. Associated workshops allow the experts to further refine and process the ideas evoked during the seminar. This year's topics are focused on the World Energy Crisis and more specifically on the Essential Technologies for Moderating Climate Change and Improving Energy Security and for Energy & Limits of Development. We also concentrated on Managing the Challenges of Climate Change, Energy Security and Pollution in Asian Countries. On Global Monitoring of the Planet we have focused on the Climate Change issues and specifically on the Sensitivity of Climate to Additional CO2 as indicated by Water Cycle Feedback Issues, Climate Uncertainties Addressed by Satellites, and the Basic Mathematics Needed for All Models. In Information Security we focused on Cyber Conflict and Cyber Stability. For Pollution and Medicine we focused on the Revolution in the Environmental Health Sciences and the Emergence of Green Chemistry.

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913

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World Scientific

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9814327190

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9789814327190

Weapons Proliferation and War in the Greater Middle East

Strategic Contest

By: Richard L. Russell

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Weapons Proliferation and War in the Greater Middle East

Strategic Contest

By: Richard L. Russell

This important new book explores the strategic reasons behind the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons as well as ballistic missile delivery systems in the Greater Middle East. It examines the uses and limitations of chemical weapons in regional combat, ballistic missile warfare and defenses, as well as Iran's drive for nuclear weapons and the likely regional reactions should Tehran acquire a nuclear weapons inventory. This book also discusses Chinese assistance to WMD and ballistic programs in the Greater Middle East. Finally, this book recommends policy options for American diplomacy to counter the challenges posed by WMD proliferation. This essential study prepares the ground for the challenges facing the international community. Richard Russell is a professor at the National Defense University's Near East-South Asia Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, DC. He also teaches at the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He previously served as a political-military analyst at the CIA.

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232

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Routledge

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1134213883

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9781134213887

Book's by Richard L. Garwin

Megawatts and Megatons

Megawatts and Megatons

Nonlethal Technologies

Nonlethal Technologies

Hurtling Toward Oblivion

Hurtling Toward Oblivion

International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies

International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies

Weapons Proliferation and War in the Greater Middle East

Weapons Proliferation and War in the Greater Middle East

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