David Hafemeister

Physics of Societal Issues

Calculations on National Security, Environment, and Energy

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Physics of Societal Issues is a textbook those who seek to understand fundamental issues of energy use, nuclear weapons, and the environment using facts and figures instead of slogans and postures. Taking inspiration from Fermi's famous back of the envelope calculations, author David Hafemeister shows how to capture the essence of a problem with rough estimates of important parameters, and use those estimates to gauge the effects of policy decisions.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-387-68909-8
EAN: 9780387689098
Produktnummer: 33310982
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 487 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 9'988 KB
Auflage: 2007
Abbildungen: 111 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 35 schwarz-weiße Tabellen, Bibliographie

Über den Autor

David Hafemeister is Professor (emeritus) of Physics at California Polytechnic State University. He has also had an impressive career in Washington as a Professional Staff Member:Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Governmental Affairs (1990-93 on arms control treaties at the end of the Cold War) Science Advisor to Senator John Glenn (19775-77) Special Assistant to Under Secretary of State Benson and Deputy Under-Secretary Nye (1977-78) Visiting Scientist in the State Department's Office of Nuclear Proliferation Policy (1979) Office of Strategic Nuclear Policy (1987) Study Director at the National Academy of Sciences (2000-02) He has edited nine books, published more than 140 articles and was awarded the APS Szilard award in 1996.