Particles and Policy
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1997
American Institute of Physics (Verlag)
978-1-56396-060-4 (ISBN)
American Institute of Physics (Verlag)
978-1-56396-060-4 (ISBN)
This wide-ranging collection of essays presents the best of Panofsky's most accessible writings. Through several essays--some reflecting his lifelong concern with nuclear weapons and arms control--Panofsky also reveals the often intractable differences that exist between the drives of theoretical science and the constraints of public policy.
This wide-ranging collection of essays presents the best of Panofsky's most accessible writings. It covers his early collaboration with Luis Alvarez and his later work as researcher and director at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Through several essays--some reflecting his lifelong concern with nuclear weapons and arms control--Panofsky also reveals the often intractable differences that exist between the drives of theoretical science and the constraints of public policy.
This wide-ranging collection of essays presents the best of Panofsky's most accessible writings. It covers his early collaboration with Luis Alvarez and his later work as researcher and director at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Through several essays--some reflecting his lifelong concern with nuclear weapons and arms control--Panofsky also reveals the often intractable differences that exist between the drives of theoretical science and the constraints of public policy.
High-Energy electron and Photon Physics: Exploring the Unknown with the Known; Colliding Beams versus Beams on Stationary Targets: Competing Tools for Elementary Particles Physics; Special Relativity Theory in Engineering; Particle Substructure: A Common theme of Discovery in This Century; Basic Research: Curse or Blessing?; Big and Small Science; Technical Limits for High-Energy Proton and Electron Colliders; Science, Technology, and the Arms Build-up; The Mutual Hostage Relationship between America and Russia; MAD versus NUTS with Spurgeon M. Keeney, Jr.; Misperceptions about Arms Control; Arms Control, Compliance, and the Law with George Bunn; Science Advice at the Presidential Level.
| Reihe/Serie | Masters of Modern Physics |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XII, 232 p. |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-56396-060-5 / 1563960605 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-56396-060-4 / 9781563960604 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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