The reference material is plentiful and well selected. The Quest for Symmetry - Selected Works of Bunji Sakita edited by K Kikkawa, M Virasoro and S Wadia, World Scientific, ISBN 9810236433, 49. Especially interesting is the autobiographical introduction by a scientist born and educated in Japan but who has spent almost his entire professional career outside that country. Insertion Devices for Synchrotron Radiation and Free Electron Laser by F Ciocci, G Dattoli, A Torre and A Renieri, World Scientific, ISBN 9810238320, 49. Principles of Fusion Energy by A A Harms, K F Schoepf, G H Miley and D R Kingdon, World Scientific, ISBN 9810243359, 35.
Fusion energy powers the stars and is perceived as the ultimate source of energy on Earth.
This approach was initially heralded as a fountainhead of inexhaustible energy, but attention is also focusing on more fundamental approaches such as inertial confinement of hot plasma and muon catalysis. This textbook provides a useful summary of the relevant physics and an objective overview of the possible systems that could allow and contain thermonuclear fusion. Proceedings of the meeting which traditionally includes only plenary sessions. This volume contains the 18 invited plenary presentations and 250 contributions to parallel sessions presented at the conference. An Introduction to the Theory of Spinors by M Carmeli and S Malin, World Scientific, ISBN 9810242611, 35.