The Suplee, Curt. creator Bhattacharjee, A. (Amitava) 1955- Donahue, Kristi. text enk Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 2009 monographic eng

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xii, 76 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm. 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. Curt Suplee ; edited by Amitava Bhattacharjee ; designed by Kristi Donahue. Includes index. Plasma (Ionized gases) Plasma QC718 .S85 2009 530.44 9780521519274 (pbk.) 0521519276 (pbk.) 2010280203 http://bvbm2.bib-bvb.de:8993/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=017738197&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbm2.bib-bvb.de:8993/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=017738197&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA UKM 100618 20150408114025.0 16290625