Particles and Policy
1st Edition
Published on 8. May 1997
Book
Hardback
XII, 232 pages
978-1-56396-060-4 (ISBN)
Description
This wide-ranging collection of essays presents the best of Panofsky's most accessible writings. It covers his early collaboration with Luis Alvarez and his later work as researcher and director at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Through several essays--some reflecting his lifelong concern with nuclear weapons and arms control--Panofsky also reveals the often intractable differences that exist between the drives of theoretical science and the constraints of public policy.
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Series
Edition
1993
Language
English
Place of publication
NY
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
XII, 232 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
547 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56396-060-4 (9781563960604)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
High-Energy electron and Photon Physics: Exploring the Unknown with the Known; Colliding Beams versus Beams on Stationary Targets: Competing Tools for Elementary Particles Physics; Special Relativity Theory in Engineering; Particle Substructure: A Common theme of Discovery in This Century; Basic Research: Curse or Blessing?; Big and Small Science; Technical Limits for High-Energy Proton and Electron Colliders; Science, Technology, and the Arms Build-up; The Mutual Hostage Relationship between America and Russia; MAD versus NUTS with Spurgeon M. Keeney, Jr.; Misperceptions about Arms Control; Arms Control, Compliance, and the Law with George Bunn; Science Advice at the Presidential Level.