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Fusion as a source of energy has been a long-sought but never-achieved dream of the scientific establishment. The idea sounds simple enough: create cheap, limitless energy by the same processes that fuel the sun. The problem, however, is scale: how to reproduce the continual fusion of hydrogen atom nuclei in a reactor that is much, much smaller than the sun. This is the puzzle T. Kenneth Fowler describes in Fusion Quest, a book that argues passionately in favor of continued fusion research. Though there has yet been little success in the field, Fowler insists that so much progress has been made that fusion power will likely be possible within the next century. He spends most of the book explaining the challenges that face physicists in realizing this dream. The Fusion Quest is more technical than the average popular science book and will probably appeal more to those readers who have some background in physics and mathematics.
The New York Times Book Review, Malcolm W. Browne
... Fowler makes his case awkwardly, encumbering his prose with so much technical detail that a lay reader may end up feeling bewildered. Evidently he could not decide whether to write an overview for ordinary readers or a textbook for engineering students.... The Fusion Quest also fails to take note of some rather cogent arguments against the promise of hydrogen fusion that have been put forward by experts....
The Fusion Quest
The Fusion Quest,T. Kenneth Fowler,The Johns Hopkins University Press,0801854563,Astronomy - General,Controlled fusion,Engineering - Nuclear,Fusion reactors,Nuclear Fusion,Nuclear Physics,Physics,Science,Science/Mathematics,Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
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