The plasma universe
By: Curt Suplee ; edited by Amitava Bhattacharjee ; designed by Kristi Donahue
Contributors: Bhattacharjee, A. (Amitava), 1955-; Donahue, Kristi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9780521519274
Subjects: Plasma (Ionized gases); Plasma
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Fourth State of Matter; title: Same But Different; title: What's In a Name?; title: Irving Langmuir; title: Forces and Feedbacks; title: 2. Music and Dance of Plasmas; title: Langmuir Waves (plasma oscillations); title: Alfven Waves Down the Line; title: Rough Ride from the Sun; title: Hannes Alfven; title: 3. Sun-Earth Connection; title: Lighting Up the Solar System; title: Spots, Loops, and Lariats of Fire; title: New Views of the Sun; title: Blast from the Mass; title: Mighty Wind; title: Eugene N. Parker; title: 4. Bringing the Sun to Earth: The Story of Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion; title: Magnetic Bottles; title: Fusion by Light; title: Just a Pinch; title: Marshall Rosenbluth; title: 5. Cosmic Plasma Theater: Galaxies, Stars, and Accretion Discs; title: Shaping Up; title: Going to Extremes; title: Discs and Holes; title: Jet Propulsion; title: In the Firing Line; title: 6. Putting Plasmas to Work; title: Plasma to Read By; title: Walls of Light; title: Withdrawal and Deposits; title: Plasmas and Human Health; title: When Push Comes to Shove.