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1	Introduction to Nuclear Engineering more books like this by John R LaMarsh add to wishlist The text is designed for junior and senior level Nuclear Engineering students. The third edition of this highly respected text offers the most current and complete introduction to nuclear engineering available. Introduction to Nuclear Engineering has been thoroughly updated with new information on French, Russian, and Japanese nuclear reactors. ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $109.55! \| SVS
2	Power to Save the World: The Truth about Nuclear Energy more books like this by Gwyneth Cravens, Richard Rhodes (Introduction by) add to wishlist In this eye-opening work that is certain to spark debate and influence policy decisions that will affect generations to come, Cravens examines both sides of the controversial debate over nuclear energy, and seeks answers from a host of experts in radiation effects, nuclear medicine, reactor accidents, and risk analysis. see all copies from $3.89! new only from $3.89! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Nuclear Principles in Engineering more books like this by Tatjana Jevremovic add to wishlist Nuclear engineering plays an important role in various industrial, health care, and energy processes. Modern physics has generated its fundamental principles. A growing number of students and practicing engineers need updated material to access the technical language and content of nuclear principles. "Nuclear Principles in Engineering, Second ... see all copies from $42.18! new only from $42.19! \| first editions \| SVS
4	In Search of the Ultimate Building Blocks more books like this by Gerard 'T Hooft, Gerard T Hooft add to wishlist This is a first-hand account of one of the most creative and exciting periods of discovery in the history of physics. From 1960 until 1990 theoreticians and experimentalists worked together to probe deeper and deeper into the basic structure of reality, moving closer and closer to an understanding of the ultimate building blocks from which ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $17.50! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Nuclear Reactor Analysis more books like this by Dr. James J Duderstadt, Louis J Hamilton add to wishlist see all copies from $156.00! new only from $159.48! \| SVS
6	Nuclear Energy Now: Why the Time Has Come for the World's Most Misunderstood Energy Source more books like this by Alan M Herbst, George W Hopley add to wishlist This work presents a timely and thought provoking solution to the world's energy shortfall. The dramatic increases in oil and natural gas prices, the finite supply of fossil fuels, and concerns over emissions and global warming are forcing us to consider alternatives. In this measured and knowledgeable book, energy experts Alan Herbst and George ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
7	The Myths of August: A Personal Exploration of Our Tragic Cold War Affair with the Atom more books like this by Stewart L Udall add to wishlist In this study, the author describes how since the end of World War II, a small "cleared" elite group of nuclear scientists and bureaucrats has used the cloak of secrecy to limit public and Congressional oversight of US nuclear policies. He argues that excessive secrecy erodes democratic society. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Six Ideas That Shaped Physics more books like this by Thomas A Moore add to wishlist This series of six introductory physics textbooks uses a blend of standard and contemporary physics, and is an approach to a full year calculus-based physics course which has been developed with the support of the Introductory University Physics Project. This volume looks at conservation law. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $17.00!
9	Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Energy Will Lead the Green Revolution and End America's Energy Odyssey more books like this by William Tucker add to wishlist see all copies from $20.30! new only from $20.30! \| SVS
10	Nuclear choices a citizen's guide to nuclear technology more books like this by Wolfson add to wishlist "Nuclear Choices" aims to provide students who have no particular background in science with a sense of the many issues surrounding nuclear power, nuclear weapons, nuclear medicine, and other uses of technology. The text is designed for subsidiary courses on nuclear issues. Throughout the book, technological questions are integrated with their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.98! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Collision theory more books like this by Marvin L Goldberger, Kenneth M Watson add to wishlist This graduate-level text examines scattering processes and formal scattering theory, the two-body problem with central forces, scattering by noncentral forces, lifetime and decay of virtual states, more. 1964 edition. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $16.90! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Dynamics of the Standard Model more books like this by John F Donoghue add to wishlist This book gives a detailed account of the Standard Model of particle physics, focussing on the techniques by which the model can produce information about real observed phenomena. It opens with a pedagogic account of the theory of the Standard Model. Introductions to the essential calculational techniques are included. The major part of the text ... see all copies from $64.66! new only from $64.66! \| SVS
13 view cover	Renewable Energy: Sources for Fuels and Electricity more books like this by Thomas B Johansson (Editor), Robert H Williams (Editor), Laurie Burnham (Editor) add to wishlist Overall performance, cost, market potential, and environmental impact are assessed for fuels and electricity derived from hydroelectric, wind, photovoltaics, solar-thermal, geothermal, ocean and biomass energy sources. In addition, practical and specific recommendations for promoting the adoption of renewables on a broad scale are presented and ... see all copies from $50.59! new only from $88.50! \| SVS
14 view cover	Quantum Chromodynamics more books like this by Walter Greiner add to wishlist The book is a self-contained introduction to perturbative and nonperturbative quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), with worked-out exercises for students of theoretical physics. It will be useful as a reference for research scientists as well. Starting with the hadron spectrum, the reader becomes familiar with the representations of SU(N). Relativistic ... see all copies from $9.52! new only from $50.00! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Superstrings and the search for the theory of everything more books like this by Peat add to wishlist Since Einstein, physicists have been pursuing a single theory that would order all of the elementary particles in the universe and unify all the forces of nature. Such a theory would answer questions like: how did the universe begin?; what is the origin of time?; what is matter? In 1984 a theory - involving "superstrings" - burst upon the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.58! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Advances in Nuclear Science and Technology more books like this by Jeffery Lewins (Editor), Martin Becker (Editor) add to wishlist This twenty-fifth volume in a distinguished series addresses a range of topics including: the difficult matter of questioning scientific hypotheses in court; the use of Monte Carlo simulation to evaluate time-dependent development and to study system reliability in nuclear reactors of considerable complexity; the genetic optimization algorith; ... see all copies from $8.01! new only from $83.97! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Photon Hadron Interactions more books like this by Richard Phillips Feynman, PH.D. add to wishlist Analyzes the theoretical questions related to electron and photon interactions at high energies.. In these classic lectures, Feynman analyses the theoretical questions related to electron and photon interactions at high energies. These lectures are based on a special topics course taught by Feynman at Caltech in 1971 and 1972. The material is ... see all copies from $4.90! new only from $33.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Weak Interaction in Nuclear, Particle, and Astrophysics more books like this by K Grotz, Hans Volker Klapdor-Kleingrothaus add to wishlist This volume presents the concepts of the weak interaction and its integration into modern theories of particle physics. It outlines the connections between nuclear and particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology induced by the weak interaction, emphasizing research with neutrinos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $45.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Nuclear energy an introduction to the concepts, systems and applications of nuclear processes more books like this by Murray add to wishlist This expanded, revised, and updated fourth edition of "Nuclear Energy", maintains the tradition of providing clear and comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the subject, with emphasis on the explanation of trends and developments. As in earlier editions. the book is divided into three parts that achieve a natural flow of ideas: Basic Concepts: ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.95! \| first editions
20 view cover	Nuclear or Not?: Does Nuclear Power Have a Place in a Sustainable Energy Future? more books like this by David Elliott add to wishlist The issue of nuclear energy excites strong emotions and there are widely differing views as to whether nuclear power can or should make a major contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. With the nuclear issue back on the agenda worldwide, this highly topical collection steers a path through these controversies, presenting the views of ... see all copies from $49.95! new only from $49.95! \| SVS
21 view cover	Stellarator and Heliotron Devices more books like this by Masahiro Wakatani add to wishlist This book systematically introduces plasma physics that will enable nuclear fusion for continous energy production. Especially emphasized is the nonaxissymmetric toroidal field, invented and developed at Kyoto University. All aspects required for the magnetic confinement, formation of magnetic surface, magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium and stability ... see all copies from $43.55! new only from $79.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	On the Home Front: The Cold War Legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site more books like this by Michele Stenehjem Gerber, John M Findlay (Introduction by) add to wishlist "Really the first history of the bureaucratic and institutional development of atomic weaponry and power [and] how these are embedded in the larger public and national sphere ...not only an important scientific story but an important political, national, and human story." - Peter Gould, author of "Fire in the Rain: The Democratic Consequences of ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	High-Frequency Plasma Heating more books like this by A G Litvak (Editor) add to wishlist Researchers in plasma fusion labs; also graduate students in plasma physics, high-energy physics, and libraries see all copies from $16.99! new only from $18.99! \| SVS
24 view cover	Radio Recombination Lines: Their Physics and Astronomical Applications more books like this by M A Gordon, R L Sorochenko add to wishlist This book is a comprehensive guide to the physics and observations of Radio Recombination Lines from astronomical sources, written for astronomers, physicists, and graduate students. It is suitable for a graduate-level textbook. It includes the history of RRL detections, the astrophysics underlying their intensities and line shapes including ... see all copies from $44.98! new only from $46.35! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Nuclear Energy: Principles, Practices, and Prospects more books like this by David Bodansky add to wishlist Market: Scientists in nuclear engineering, engineering students, and government policy makers with technical backgrounds. This book presents an objective view of nuclear energy as an important source for future energy needs. It discusses various types of reactors, the nuclear fuel cycle, the problem of nuclear waste disposal, reactor accidents, ... see all copies from $34.57! new only from $34.76! \| SVS

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