Your Adventures At Cern: Play The Hero Among Particles And A Particular Dinosaur!

Your Adventures At Cern: Play The Hero Among Particles And A Particular Dinosaur!
Author: Letizia Diamante
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2021-08-24
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9811234922

As soon as you open this book, YOU become the protagonist!You will be catapulted to CERN, one of the most famous laboratories in the world — a real scientific wonderland of underground tunnels, massive experiments and technological marvels.You can choose to play the role of a researcher, a student or a tourist, but keep your eyes open for a threatening dinosaur... Is it coming from the nearby Jura Mountains, the same place that gave Jurassic its name?Prepare yourself for a rather bizarre adventure filled with loads of brain-tickling facts about particles and science wonders. Unfold the story, explore the unsolved mysteries of the Universe, and most importantly, have fun with the games and quizzes!Are you ready to face the huge prehistoric beast and discover the secrets of tiny particles?

Climate Change And Energy Options For A Sustainable Future

Climate Change And Energy Options For A Sustainable Future
Author: Dinesh Kumar Srivastava
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811233497

'This book could not be more timely — published after a year that saw the costliest slew of weather disasters in history along with one of the deadliest pandemic, the emergence and spread of which is linked to climate change ... This book will be a valuable resource for scientists, policy makers but also educators and especially a young generation of readers who want to be informed citizens shaping the right choices for their local communities but also as cosmopolitan citizens of the world.'Journal of Indian Physics AssociationThe signs of global warming can be seen everywhere — hotter summers, frequent heavy rains, prolonged droughts, more severe forest fires, fiercer storms (including snow storms) and cyclones, as well as melting polar ice caps. Our indiscriminate actions are raising the spectre of millions of climate refugees who are victims of battles for water, crops, fish, and so on. It is poignant that the poorer countries, that are the least equipped to face these calamities have contributed the least to global warming, but are the worst hit.Only a concerted effort from the entire world by a rapid transition to renewable, clean and green energy sources, while checking wastage, deforestation and pollution, and a genuine adjustment in lifestyles towards moderation can avert the Earth, the only habitable planet we know, from turning into a hothouse.

Resistive Gaseous Detectors

Resistive Gaseous Detectors
Author: Marcello Abbrescia
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2018-06-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3527340769

This first book to critically summarize the latest achievements and emerging applications within this interdisciplinary topic focuses on one of the most important types of detectors for elementary particles and photons: resistive plate chambers (RPCs). In the first part, the outstanding, international team of authors comprehensively describes and presents the features and design of single and double-layer RPCs before covering more advanced multi-layer RPCs. The second part then focuses on the application of RPCs in high energy physics, materials science, medicine and security. Throughout, the experienced authors adopt a didactic approach, with each subject presented in a simple way, increasing in complexity step by step.

Measurement and Control of Charged Particle Beams

Measurement and Control of Charged Particle Beams
Author: Michiko G. Minty
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 366208581X

From the reviews: "This book is a very welcome and valuable addition to the accelerator literature. As noted by the authors, there is relatively little material in the book specifically for low-energy machines, but industrial users may still find it useful to read." Cern Courier

The Human Condition

The Human Condition
Author: Gregory Loew
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2019-08-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781643070957

Evolution has produced an incomplete miracle: Homo, a species that can love, think, remember, talk, gain insight into reality, plan for the future, and produce amazing scientific knowledge and art. Unfortunately Homo still suffers from dismal weaknesses and is not yet wise enough to protect its species from ultimate demise. To become wiser, humanity cannot count on natural selection or a revolution. Social and political institutions depend on a system of education that is imperfect. Economic development, while remarkable, is neither steady nor equitable. Technological development is often blind and burdened with unintended consequences. History is chaotic at both the national and international levels. Representative democracy, the best system of government we have invented, is fragile, vulnerable and often subject to paralysis.

Technology Meets Research - 60 Years Of Cern Technology: Selected Highlights

Technology Meets Research - 60 Years Of Cern Technology: Selected Highlights
Author: Christian W Fabjan
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 485
Release: 2017-04-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 981474915X

'The contributions from leading scientists of the day collected in this relatively slim book document CERN's 60-year voyage of innovation and discovery, the repercussions of which vindicate the vision of those who drove the foundation of the laboratory — European in constitution, but global in impact. The spirit of inclusive collaboration, which was a key element of the original vision for the laboratory, together with the aim of technical innovation and scientific excellence, are reflected in each of the articles in this unique volume.'CERN Courier'Big' science and advanced technology are known to cross-fertilize. This book emphasizes the interplay between particle physics and technology at CERN that has led to breakthroughs in both research and technology over the laboratory's first 60 years. The innovations, often the work of individuals or by small teams, are illustrated with highlights describing selected technologies from the domains of accelerators and detectors. The book also presents the framework and conditions prevailing at CERN that enabled spectacular advances in technology and contributed to propel the European organization into the league of leading research laboratories in the world.While the book is specifically aimed at providing information for the technically interested general public, more expert readers may also appreciate the broad variety of subjects presented. Ample references are given for those who wish to further explore a given topic.

Beams

Beams
Author: Volker Ziemann
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 196
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 3031518527

Elementary Particle Physics

Elementary Particle Physics
Author: Andrew J. Larkoski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2019-05-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108496989

Introduces the fundamentals of particle physics with a focus on modern developments and an intuitive physical interpretation of results.

ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor

ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor
Author: Michel Claessens
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2019-10-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030275817

This book provides for the first time an insider’s view into ITER, the biggest fusion reactor in the world, which is currently being constructed in southern France. Aimed at bringing the “energy of the stars” to earth, ITER is funded by the major economic powers (China, the EU, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the US). Often presented as a “nuclear but green” energy source, fusion could play an important role in the future electricity supply. But as delays accumulate and budgets continue to grow, ITER is currently a star partially obscured by clouds. Will ITER save humanity by providing a clean, safe and limitless source of energy, or is it merely a political showcase of cutting-edge technology? Is ITER merely an ambitious research project and partly a PR initiative driven by some politically connected scientists? In any case, ITER has already helped spur on rival projects in the US, Canada and the UK. This book offers readers a behind-the-scenes look at this controversial project, which France snatched from Japan, and introduces them to a world of superlatives: with the largest magnets in the world, the biggest cryogenic plant and tremendous computing power, ITER is one of the most fascinating, and most international, scientific and technological endeavours of our time.