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Physics of societal issues : calculations on national security, environment, and energy / David Hafemeister.

Title
Physics of societal issues : calculations on national security, environment, and energy / David Hafemeister.
Author
Hafemeister, David W.
Publication
New York ; London : Springer, c2007.

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xvii, 487 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Undergraduate texts in contemporary physics
Uniform Title
Undergraduate texts in contemporary physics.
Subject
  • Physics
  • Physics > Social aspects
  • Science and state
  • Engineering
  • Environmental sciences
  • Physics
  • Physics, general
  • Engineering, general
  • Environment, general
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
National security. Nuclear weapons ; The offense: missiles and war games ; The defense: ABM/SDI/BMD/NMD ; Verification and arms control treaties ; Nuclear proliferation -- Environment. Air and water pollution ; Nuclear pollution ; Climate change ; Electromagnetic fields and epidemiology -- Energy. The energy situation ; Energy in buildings ; Solar buildings ; Renewable energy ; Enhanced end-use efficiency ; transportation ; Energy economics.
ISBN
  • 9780387955605 (hbk.)
  • 0387955607 (hbk.)
OCLC
77256617
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library