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- Paperback / softback | 160 pages
- 11.5 × 1.1 × 17.4 cm | 134
- 26 May 2011
- Oxford University Press
- United Kingdom
€12.60
Nuclear power is a highly topical issue and there is widespread debate concerning future energy budgets and how to replace our dependence on fossil fuels. Here, Maxwell Irvine provides an introduction to the nature of nuclear energy, looking at the risks, the relevance of nuclear power, and the potential of nuclear fusion.
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ISBN: 9780199584970
Book Format: Paperback / softback
Pages: 160
Dimensions: 11.5 × 1.1 × 17.4 cm
John Maxwell Irvine is formerly an honorary professor of Physics at Manchester University, and was formerly Vice Chancellor of Aberdeen University and later of Birmingham University. He is a past chairman of the Science and Engineering Council's Nuclear Physics Committee and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Inquiry into Energy Issues for Scotland. He was also a special advisor to the UK's Commi ttee on Radioactive Waste Management.
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