Drell, Sidney D., and Goodby, James E.:The Gravest Danger; Nuclear Weapons
- Livres de poche 2016, ISBN: 9780817944728
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New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1971. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good. xvii, [1], 556, [2] pages. Illustrations (Figures and Tables). Formulae. This is one of the Space … Plus…
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1971. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good. xvii, [1], 556, [2] pages. Illustrations (Figures and Tables). Formulae. This is one of the Space Science Text series. Name and date in ink on fep Includes chapters on Celestial Coordinates and Time; Celestial Mechanics; The Earth's Atmosphere; The Other Planets and Their Atmospheres; Airglow; The Aurora; Van Allen Radiation; Planetary Interiors; Planetary Magnetism; Comets, Meteors, and the Interplanetary Medium; Introduction to Stellar Structure; The Evolution of Stars; Cosmic Rays; Radio Astronomy; Exotic Astronomy; and Cosmology. Includes Appendix A The Orbital Elements; Appendix B Orbit Computation and Coordinate Transformation; Appendix C Particle Physics; and Appendix D Electrodynamic Orbit Theory. There is a Bibliography and an Index. Space science encompasses all of the scientific disciplines that involve space exploration and study natural phenomena and physical bodies occurring in outer space, such as space medicine and astrobiology. The author earned his degrees at New York University and then his career steps included: Assistant Professor of Physics, NYU, 1959-1962; Resident Research Appointee, J.P.L., 1962-1964; Assistant Professor of Space Science, Rice University, 1964-1966; Associate Professor of Space Science, Rice University, 1966-1972; Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Rice University, 1972-1998; Chief Scientist, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters, 1988-1990; Professor Emeritas, Rice University, 1998-Present. This is a fascinating snapshot in time, approximately half a century before this item is being catalogued, that presents what was the state of knowledge, state of practice, state of the art, and state of education and training at the time. It is an important baseline for use in understanding how new information and discoveries were understood and interpreted at that point in time. Space science makes us look outwards from our planet, to the stars and beyond. It's a subject that strives to answer the ultimate questions: How did our Earth and our Solar System form and evolve? What is our place in the Universe? Where are we going? Where did life come from, and are we alone? By studying the other planets in our own Solar System, we can try to place Earth in context. ESA has already sent spacecraft to Earth's nearest planetary neighbors - Mars and Venus - to understand why they evolved so differently, and in the next decade we'll be unlocking the secrets of the innermost planet, Mercury, too. The gas giants, and in particular Jupiter with its four large moons - some of which may harbor underground oceans - is also key to piece together the Solar System evolution. Unraveling the behavior of our parent star, the Sun, is another crucial element to decipher our cosmic origins. And as more and more planets are found orbiting other stars, understanding our own cosmic neighborhood has never been so important. What about the origin of the Universe itself? If we could see' microwaves, the night sky would glow with the very first light ever released into space. This is the relic radiation of the Big Bang - the event that set the beginning to the Universe itself. With our space science missions we can tease out the details of the Universe's earliest moments, seek out the very first stars and galaxies, and learn about the fabric of space and time. These incredible space observatories can also give us clues as to the future destiny of our Milky Way galaxy, and the Universe itself., John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1971, 3, Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2003. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. Very good. xii, [2], 134, [4] pages. Figure. Index. Foreword by George P. Shultz. Hoover Institution Press Publication Number 524. The book is organized as follows: Introduction: The Nuclear Danger, Chapter I. From the Past to the Present; II. Looking Forward; III Denial Policies; IV. Defining Diplomacy's Task; V. Achieving Rollback: The Instruments of Diplomacy; VI. Applying Recommended Policies to Specific Cases; and VII. Conclusion. Sidney David Drell (September 13, 1926 - December 21, 2016) was an American theoretical physicist and arms control expert. He was professor emeritus at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Drell was a noted contributor in the fields of quantum electrodynamics and high-energy particle physics. The Drell-Yan process is partially named for him. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1949. He co-authored the textbooks Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Relativistic Quantum Fields with James Bjorken. Drell was active as a scientific advisor to the U.S. government, and was a founding member of the JASON Defense Advisory Group. He was an expert in the field of nuclear arms control and cofounder of the Center for International Security and Arms Control, now the Center for International Security and Cooperation. He was a Senior Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution. He was a trustee Emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. James E. Goodby has served in the US Foreign Service, achieving the rank of Career Minister, and was appointed to five ambassadorial-rank positions by Presidents Carter, Reagan, and Clinton. Ambassador Goodby has worked with former Secretary of State George Shultz at Hoover since 2007. He is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. He was a Distinguished Service Professor at Carnegie Mellon University from 1989 to 1999 and is now a professor emeritus. During his Foreign Service career he was involved as a negotiator or as a policy adviser in the creation of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the negotiation of the limited nuclear test ban treaty, START, the Conference on Disarmament in Europe, and cooperative threat reduction (the Nunn-Lugar program). Goodby is the author and editor of several books. With Sidney Drell he wrote The Gravest Danger: Nuclear Weapons and the essay A World without Nuclear Weapons: End-State Issues. Goodby coedited Reykjavik Revisited: Steps toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons (Hoover Institution Press, 2008) and contributed essays to Reykjavik Revisited and Implications of the Reykjavik Summit on Its Twentieth Anniversary. The mortal danger of nuclear weapons is unique in its terrifying potential for devastation on an unprecedented and unimaginable scale. In this book, Sidney D. Drell and James E. Goodby, each with more than twenty years' experience in national security issues both in public and private capacities, review the main policy issues surrounding nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. They address the specific actions that the community of nations, with American leadership, should take to confront and turn back the nuclear danger that imperils humanity. The nuclear genie, say the authors, cannot be put back in the bottle. Our most urgent task as a nation today is to successfully manage, contain, and reduce the grave danger of nuclear weapons, whether in the hands of adversaries or friendly states. This book hopes to stimulate active public dialogue on this important subject., Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2003, 3<
