The plasma universe /
Suplee, Curt.
The plasma universe / Curt Suplee ; edited by Amitava Bhattacharjee ; designed by Kristi Donahue. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xii, 76 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
1. Fourth State of Matter -- Same But Different -- What's In a Name? -- Irving Langmuir -- Forces and Feedbacks -- 2. Music and Dance of Plasmas -- Langmuir Waves (plasma oscillations) -- Alfven Waves Down the Line -- Rough Ride from the Sun -- Hannes Alfven -- 3. Sun-Earth Connection -- Lighting Up the Solar System -- Spots, Loops, and Lariats of Fire -- New Views of the Sun -- Blast from the Mass -- Mighty Wind -- Eugene N. Parker -- 4. Bringing the Sun to Earth: The Story of Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion -- Magnetic Bottles -- Fusion by Light -- Just a Pinch -- Marshall Rosenbluth -- 5. Cosmic Plasma Theater: Galaxies, Stars, and Accretion Discs -- Shaping Up -- Going to Extremes -- Discs and Holes -- Jet Propulsion -- In the Firing Line -- 6. Putting Plasmas to Work -- Plasma to Read By -- Walls of Light -- Withdrawal and Deposits -- Plasmas and Human Health -- When Push Comes to Shove.
9780521519274 (pbk.) 0521519276 (pbk.)
2010280203
GBA959346 bnb GBA959346 dnb
015291645 Uk
Plasma (Ionized gases)
Plasma.
QC718 / .S85 2009
530.44
The plasma universe / Curt Suplee ; edited by Amitava Bhattacharjee ; designed by Kristi Donahue. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xii, 76 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
1. Fourth State of Matter -- Same But Different -- What's In a Name? -- Irving Langmuir -- Forces and Feedbacks -- 2. Music and Dance of Plasmas -- Langmuir Waves (plasma oscillations) -- Alfven Waves Down the Line -- Rough Ride from the Sun -- Hannes Alfven -- 3. Sun-Earth Connection -- Lighting Up the Solar System -- Spots, Loops, and Lariats of Fire -- New Views of the Sun -- Blast from the Mass -- Mighty Wind -- Eugene N. Parker -- 4. Bringing the Sun to Earth: The Story of Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion -- Magnetic Bottles -- Fusion by Light -- Just a Pinch -- Marshall Rosenbluth -- 5. Cosmic Plasma Theater: Galaxies, Stars, and Accretion Discs -- Shaping Up -- Going to Extremes -- Discs and Holes -- Jet Propulsion -- In the Firing Line -- 6. Putting Plasmas to Work -- Plasma to Read By -- Walls of Light -- Withdrawal and Deposits -- Plasmas and Human Health -- When Push Comes to Shove.
9780521519274 (pbk.) 0521519276 (pbk.)
2010280203
GBA959346 bnb GBA959346 dnb
015291645 Uk
Plasma (Ionized gases)
Plasma.
QC718 / .S85 2009
530.44