Physics of Societal Issues (Record no. 92343)

000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 04654nam a22005055i 4500
001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field 978-1-4614-9272-6
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field DE-He213
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20140220082504.0
007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field cr nn 008mamaa
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 131206s2014 xxu| s |||| 0|eng d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781461492726
-- 978-1-4614-9272-6
024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/978-1-4614-9272-6
Source of number or code doi
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number Q175.4-175.55
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code PDR
Source bicssc
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code SCI055000
Source bisacsh
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 621
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hafemeister, David.
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Physics of Societal Issues
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title Calculations on National Security, Environment, and Energy /
Statement of responsibility, etc by David Hafemeister.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 2nd ed. 2014.
264 #1 -
-- New York, NY :
-- Springer New York :
-- Imprint: Springer,
-- 2014.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent XX, 668 p. 109 illus., 38 illus. in color.
Other physical details online resource.
336 ## -
-- text
-- txt
-- rdacontent
337 ## -
-- computer
-- c
-- rdamedia
338 ## -
-- online resource
-- cr
-- rdacarrier
347 ## -
-- text file
-- PDF
-- rda
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc 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 in their fields. Problems to challenge the reader and extend discussion are presented on three timely issues:   •        National Security: Weapons, Offense, Defense, Verification, Nuclear Proliferation, Terrorism •        Environment: Air/Water, Nuclear, Climate Change, EM Fields/Epidemiology •        Energy: Current Energy Situation, Buildings, Solar Buildings, Renewable  Energy, Enhanced End-Use Efficiency, Transportation, Economics   Praise for the first edition: "This insight is needed in Congress and the Executive Branch. Hafemeister, a former Congressional fellow with wide Washington experience, has written a book for physicists, chemists and engineers who want to learn science and policy on weapons, energy, and the environment. Scientists who want to make a difference will want this book." Richard Scribner, first Director, Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow Program, AAAS   "Hafemeister shows how much one can understand about nuclear weapons and missile issues through simple back-of-the-envelope calculations. He also provides compact explanations of the partially successful attempts that have been made over the past 60 years to control these weapons of mass destruction. Hopefully, Physics of Societal Issues will help interest a new generation of physicists in continuing this work." Frank von Hippel, Professor, Princeton, former Assistant Director, National Security, White House, OSTP   "Energy policy must be quantitative. People who don't calculate economic tradeoffs often champion simplistic hardware. ‘The solution is more... nuclear power, or electric cars, or photovoltaics, etc.’ Some simple physics will show that the true solution matches supply and demand as an ‘integrated resource plan.’ Physics of Societal Issues is a good place to begin this journey." Arthur Rosenfeld, former California Energy Commissioner, Professor-emeritus, U. of California-Berkeley
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Renewable energy sources.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Nuclear engineering.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environmental law.
650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Societal Aspects of Physics.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Renewable and Green Energy.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Security Science and Technology.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Nuclear Engineering.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.
710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY
Title Springer eBooks
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9781461492719
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9272-6
912 ## -
-- ZDB-2-PHA

No items available.

2017 | The Technical University of Kenya Library | +254(020) 2219929, 3341639, 3343672 | library@tukenya.ac.ke | Haile Selassie Avenue