| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 76 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
The fourth state of matter. The same but different ; What's in a name? ; Irving Langmuir ; Forces and feedbacks -- The music and dance of plasmas. Langmuir waves (plasma oscillations) ; Alfvén waves down the line ; A rough ride from the Sun ; Hannes Alfvén -- The Sun-Earth connection. Lighting up the solar system ; Spots, loops, and lariats of fire ; New views of the Sun ; Blast from the mass ; A mighty wind ; Eugene N. Parker -- Bringing the Sun to Earth : the story of controlled thermonuclear fusion. Magnetic bottles ; Fusion by light ; Just a pinch ; Marshall Rosenbluth -- The cosmic plasma theater : galaxies, stars, and accretion discs. Shaping up ; Going to extremes ; Discs and holes ; Jet propulsion ; In the firing line -- Putting plasmas to work. A plasma to read by ; Walls of light ; Withdrawal and deposits ; Plasmas and human health ; When push comes to shove. |
| Summary |
"Plasma physics is the fascinating science behind lightning bolts, fluorescent lights, solar flares, ultra-bright TV screens, fusion reactors, cosmic jets, and black hole radiation, to name but a few examples. ... This richly illustrated full colour book reveals, for the first time, the exciting world of plasma physics to a non-technical audience"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Plasma (Ionized gases)
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Plasma (Ionized gases) |
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bhattacharjee, A. (Amitava), 1955-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Suplee, Curt. Plasma universe. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521519274 (DLC) 2010280203 (OCoLC)351325467 |
| ISBN |
9781461938354 (electronic book) |
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146193835X (electronic book) |
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9781139193665 (electronic book) |
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113919366X (electronic book) |
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9781139638296 (e-book) |
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1139638297 (e-book) |
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9780521519274 |
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0521519276 |
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9781139641135 |
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1139641131 |
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