{"product_id":"fusion-science-politics-and-the-invention-of-a-new-energy-source-9780262021807","title":"Fusion: Science  Politics  and the Invention of a New Energy Source","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor more than thirty years  the prospect of unlimited fusion energy has attracted scientists and the public. Joan Lisa Brombergs book documents the history of the American magnetic fusion reactor program. It is also a lively account that will inform interested citizens of limited technical background who are concerned with the nations energy strategy. The book carries the story from the programs inception under the auspices of the Atomic Energy Commission in 1951 to its operations under the then-new Department of Energy in 1978.  Fusion concentrates on the four federally funded laboratories where most of the money has been spent (about $2 billion so far): Oak Ridge  Los Alamos  Lawrence Livermore  and Princeton. It recounts the crucial experiments along the way - the ones that succeeded  the ones that failed  the ones that showed \"promise.\" And it explains and diagrams the various magnetic configurations and devices that were developed and tested: the \"stellarator \" the \"pinch \" the \"mirror \" the \"tokamak.\"  With the government and the public constantly looking over the scientists shoulders  it is no surprise that research directions were heavily influenced by extrascientific pressures: \"the major decisions in fusion research have always emerged from a medley of technical  institutional  and political considerations.\" The intermingling of science and politics is demonstrated in specific detail.  The magnetic fusion reactor project is  of course  ongoing. Latest target date for producing commercial power: 2050. Estimated total cost: $15 billion.  Dr. Bromberg has written extensively on topics in the history of modern science.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45792306298933,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262021803","price":335.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262021807.jpg?v=1784746760","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/fusion-science-politics-and-the-invention-of-a-new-energy-source-9780262021807","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}