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This book provides the reader with essential tools needed to analyze complex societal issues and demonstrates the transition from physics to modern-day laws and treaties. This second edition features new equation-oriented material and extensive data sets drawing upon current information from experts...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hafemeister, David (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:2nd ed. 2014.
Temas:
Physics-Study and teaching.
Energy policy.
Energy and state.
Renewable energy sources.
Security systems.
Nuclear engineering.
Environmental Law.
Education in Physics.
Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
Renewable Energy.
Security Science and Technology.
Nuclear Energy.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • The Offense: Missiles and War Games
  • The Defense: ABM/SDI/BMD/NMD
  • Verification and Arms Control Treaties
  • Nuclear Proliferation and Terrorism
  • Air and Water Pollution
  • Nuclear Pollution
  • Climate Change
  • Electromagnetic Fields and Epidemiology
  • The Energy Situation and Fossil Fuels
  • Energy in Buildings
  • Solar Buildings
  • Renewable Energy
  • Enhanced End-Use Efficiency
  • Transportation
  • Energy Economics
  • Appendix A: Nuclear Arms Chronology
  • Appendix B: Energy/ Environment Chronology
  • Appendix C: Nuclear-Age History
  • Appendix D: Units
  • Appendix E: Websites
  • Appendix F: Symbols
  • Appendix G: Glossary
  • Appendix H: Index.

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