Neutron Physics for Nuclear Reactors: Unpublished Writings by Enrico Fermi - Couverture rigide

 
9789814291224: Neutron Physics for Nuclear Reactors: Unpublished Writings by Enrico Fermi
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9814291226 ISBN 13 : 9789814291224
Editeur : World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

This unique volume gives an accurate and very detailed description of the functioning and operation of basic nuclear reactors, as emerging from yet unpublished papers by Nobel Laureate Enrico Fermi. In the first part, the entire course of lectures on Neutron Physics delivered by Fermi at Los Alamos is reported, according to the version made by Anthony P French. Here, the fundamental physical phenomena are described very clearly and comprehensively, giving the appropriate physics grounds for the functioning of nuclear piles. In the second part, all the patents issued by Fermi (and coworkers) on the functioning, construction and operation of several different kinds of nuclear reactors are reported. Here, the main engineering problems are encountered and solved by employing simple and practical methods, which are described in detail. This seminal work mainly caters to students, teachers and researchers working in nuclear physics and engineering, but it is of invaluable interest to historians of physics too, since the material presented here is entirely novel.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This unique volume gives an accurate and very detailed description of the functioning and operation of basic nuclear reactors, as emerging from yet unpublished papers by Nobel Laureate Enrico Fermi. In the first part, the entire course of lectures on Neutron Physics delivered by Fermi at Los Alamos is reported, according to the version made by Anthony P French. Here, the fundamental physical phenomena are described very clearly and comprehensively, giving the appropriate physics grounds for the functioning of nuclear piles. In the second part, all the patents issued by Fermi (and coworkers) on the functioning, construction and operation of several different kinds of nuclear reactors are reported. Here, the main engineering problems are encountered and solved by employing simple and practical methods, which are described in detail. This seminal work mainly caters to students, teachers and researchers working in nuclear physics and engineering, but it is of invaluable interest to historians of physics too, since the material presented here is entirely novel.

Revue de presse

"I would strongly recommend this text to be used as a resource by students and teachers of low energy nuclear physics and nuclear engineering. I would also recommend it to physicists who are still fascinated by the way that research for military purposes opens the avenues to the so-called 'large scale research'. It is a text that compiles the teachings of a great master of physics. Enjoy it!" -- Medical Physics

"The topics of the book are described in a readable, clear and comprehensive style. The contents of the book are interesting, novel and invaluable. The book discusses the topics related with low-energy nuclear physics and engineering; therefore, I recommend this text to students, teachers and researchers working in those areas." --Contemporary Physics

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Éditeur
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9814291226
ISBN 13 
9789814291224
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
704
Éditeur
Esposito Salvatore, Pisanti Ofelia
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible