Nuclear Evolution

Author : A. G. W. Cameron,David Miles Kahl,Jordi Jose
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486498553

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Stellar Evolution, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Nucleogenesis by A. G. W. Cameron,David Miles Kahl,Jordi Jose Pdf

Along with classic papers byFowler, Hoyle, and the Burbidges,this work stands as a key foundationin the development of nuclear astrophysics. Long out ofprint and very hard to find, this remarkable work has beenedited and re-typeset by an atomic expert. Now availablein an affordable paperback edition for the very first time,it addresses interrelated questions — What are stars? Howdoes the sun shine? Why is gold so rare, and Where did theelements come from? — that have puzzled observers fromtime immemorial.Edited and re-typeset reprint of the original Atomic Energy ofCanada, Ltd., 1957 edition.

Author : Christopher B. Hills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1038 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : PSU:000023345614

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Nuclear Evolution by Christopher B. Hills Pdf

Author : Christopher B. Hills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Cosmology
ISBN : 0901402001

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Nuclear Evolution [a Guide to Cosmic Enlightenment] by Christopher B. Hills Pdf

Author : Bhumitra Chakma
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317586883

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South Asia's Nuclear Security by Bhumitra Chakma Pdf

South Asia is often viewed as a potential nuclear flashpoint and a probable source of nuclear terrorism. But, how valid are such perceptions? This book seeks to address this question and assesses the region’s nuclear security from two principal standpoints. First, it evaluates the robustness of the Indo-Pakistani mutual deterrence by analysing the strength and weaknesses of the competing arguments regarding the issue. It also analyses the causes and consequences of nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan, the nature of deterrence structure in the region and the challenges of confidence building and arms control between the two countries in order to assess the robustness of South Asia’s nuclear deterrence. Second, it assesses the safety and security of the nuclear assets and nuclear infrastructure of India and Pakistan. The author holds that the debate on South Asia’s nuclear security is largely misplaced because the optimists tend to overemphasise the stabilising effects of nuclear weapons and the pessimists are too alarmists. It is argued that while the risks of nuclear weapons are significant, it is unlikely that India and Pakistan will give up their nuclear arsenals in the foreseeable future. Therefore, what needs to happen is that while nuclear elimination should be the long-term goal, in the interim years the two countries need to pursue minimum deterrence policies to reduce the likelihood of deterrence failure and the possibility of obtaining fissile materials by non-state actors.

Author : Lawrence Freedman
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0312028172

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The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy by Lawrence Freedman Pdf

First published 20 years ago, Lawrence Freedman's "Evolution of Nuclear Strategy" was immediately acclaimed as the standard work on the history of attempts to cope militarily and politically with the terrible destructive power of nuclear weapons. It has now been rewritten, drawing on a wide range of new research, and updated to take account of the period following the end of the cold war, taking the story to contemporary arguments about missile defense.

Author : Zdenek Kopal,Jürgen H. Rahe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400978614

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Binary and Multiple Stars as Tracers of Stellar Evolution by Zdenek Kopal,Jürgen H. Rahe Pdf

Proceedings of the 69th Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union held in Bamberg, F.R.G., August 31-September 3, 1981

Author : Bhumitra Chakma
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1409426254

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The Politics of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia by Bhumitra Chakma Pdf

An important and critical re-evaluation of South Asia's post-tests nuclear politics. Unlike other books, this volume emphasises the political dimension of South Asia's nuclear weapons, explains how the bombs are used as politico-strategic assets rather than pure battlefield weapons and how they are employed by India and Pakistan in an extremely complex and competitive South Asian strategic landscape.

Author : Harsh V Pant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-27
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781136894428

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Handbook of Nuclear Proliferation by Harsh V Pant Pdf

The chapters of this proposed volume are intended to shed light on the diverse themes surrounding this very important issue area in international security. Each of the six major sections addresses an aspect of nuclear proliferation that will be critical in determining the future trajectory of global politics in the years to come. The first section examines the major thematic issues underlying the contemporary discourse on nuclear proliferation. How do we understand this period in proliferation? What accounts for a taboo on the use of nuclear weapons so far and will it survive? What is the present state of nuclear deterrence models built during the Cold War? What is the relationship between the pursuit of civilian nuclear energy and the risks of proliferation? Why are we witnessing a move away from non-proliferation to counter-proliferation? The second section gives an overview of the evolving nuclear policies of the five established nuclear powers: the USA, Russia, the United Kingdom, France and the People's Republic of China. Section three looks at the three de facto nuclear states: India, Pakistan and Israel. The fourth section examines the three problem areas in the proliferation matrix today – Iran, North Korea and the potent mix of non-state actors and nuclear weapons. The fifth section sheds light on an important issue often ignored during discussions of nuclear proliferation – cases where states have made a deliberate policy choice of either renouncing their nuclear weapons programme, or have decided to remain a threshold state. The cases of South Africa, Egypt and Japan will be the focus of this section. The final section will examine the present state of the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, which most observers agree is currently facing a crisis of credibility. The three pillars of this regime – the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), and the Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT) – will be examined. This is followed by an analysis of the present trends and prospects for US-Russia nuclear arms control. The impact of missile defenses and the US-India civilian nuclear energy co-operation pact will be examined so as to ascertain whether they have weakened or strengthened the global non-proliferation regime. The chapters in this volume aim to document the increasing complexity of the global nuclear proliferation dynamic and the inability of the international community to come to terms with a rapidly changing strategic milieu. The future, in all likelihood, will be very different from the past, and the chapters in this volume will try to develop a framework that may help gain a better understanding of the forces that will shape the nuclear proliferation debate in the years to come. Proposed Contents Introduction – Overview Part 1: Thematic Issues The Second Nuclear Age The Nuclear Taboo Nuclear Deterrence Nuclear Energy and Non-Proliferation Non-Proliferation and Counter Proliferation Non-State Actors and Nuclear Weapons Part 2: The Five Nuclear Powers USA Russia United Kingdom France People's Republic of China Part 3: De Facto Nuclear States India Pakistan Israel Part 4: The ‘Problem’ States Iran North Korea Part 5: The ‘Threshold’ States South Africa Japan Egypt Part 6: The Global Non-Proliferation Regime The NPT The CTBT The FMCT US-Russia Nuclear Arms Control The Impact of Missile Defenses The US-India Nuclear Deal The Future: What It May Hold In Store Conclusion

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 964 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN : UOM:39015026174212

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Nuclear Science Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0916438007

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Nuclear Evolution by Hills Pdf

Author : A.G.W. Cameron
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486320847

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Stellar Evolution, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Nucleogenesis by A.G.W. Cameron Pdf

A landmark in the development of nuclear astrophysics, this work addresses interrelated questions — What are stars? How does the sun shine? — that have puzzled observers from time immemorial. 1957 edition.

Author : Lawrence Freedman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : UCSC:32106018573003

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The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy by Lawrence Freedman Pdf

'...Lawrence Freedman has provided a masterly account of the evolution of nuclear strategic thought which is steeped in scholarship, elegantly written, and comprehensive in scope.' Edward M.Spiers, Times Higher Education Supplement

Author : K. S. Tripathi
Publisher : Delhi : Vikas Publications
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015005097145

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Evolution of Nuclear Strategy by K. S. Tripathi Pdf

Author : Lawrence Freedman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349042715

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Evolution of Nuclear Strategy by Lawrence Freedman Pdf

Author : Ibrahima Sakho
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786307330

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Nuclear Physics 2 by Ibrahima Sakho Pdf

Nuclear Physics 2 explores the applications of various radioisotopes for dating and nuclear medicine imaging. It introduces the theoretical and experimental facts from the observation of the red shift in the spectrum of galaxies (1913), and the discovery of the cosmic microwave background (1965) that led to the validation of the Big Bang model, through which all known chemical elements are created via nucleosynthesis processes. This introduction is followed by a description of the nuclear reactions involved in primordial, stellar, and explosive. The principles of carbon-14, potassium-argon, uranium-thorium and uranium-protactinium dating, along with the principles of lead-210, caesium-137 and beryllium-7 radiochronometers applied to dating, are also described. An overview of the birth of nuclear medicine is given, from the first use of radioisotopes as tracers in plant biology in 1913, to the development of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in 1975. The method of synthesis of radiopharmaceuticals, quality control of radiopharmaceuticals and the experimental methods of the determination of radiochemical purity are presented. The description of the principles of PET and Single-Photon Emission Tomography (SPECT), the presentation of the different radioisotopes used in TEMPS and PET, as well as the presentation of the main scintigraphies and their uses in nuclear medicine conclude the topics studied.