Plasma Science and the Environment
Contributors: Wallace Manheimer (Editor); Linda E. Sugiyama (Editor); Thomas H. Stix (Editor)
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 14, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781563963773
Subjects: Energy conversion & storage; Plasma physics; Waste management; Health/Fitness; Environmental Policy; Physics; Atmosphere; Science; Environmental Studies; Factory and trade waste; Environmental aspects; Environmental Science; Life Sciences - Ecology; Science / Ecology; Science-Environmental Science; Science-Physics; Plasma (Ionized gases); Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Atmospheric physics; Energy policy
First sentence: Before preparing the material for this chapter, I read Vice President Gore's book, Earth in the Balance (Gore, 1992) to obtain an overview of the issues, especially from the viewpoint of a politician active in dealing with the environment.
Description: Plasma Science and the Environment describes important advances on environmental issues made by researchers in plasma physics and its associated fields of fluids, gaseous chemistry, lasers, microwaves, and electron beams. Written by some of the world's foremost plasma science experts, the articles here range from the global perspective of climate and atmospheric change to new developments in energy efficiency and conservation to key applications in waste treatment and reduction.

Clearly written, up to date, and extensively referenced, Plasma Science and the Environment introduces nonspecialists to a fascinating field of scientific endeavor. Readers will gain a broader understanding of some of the most crucial problems facing the modern world, and will see how specialists in a particular area of physics are working to solve them.