The Fourth State of Matter: An Introduction to the Physics of Plasma - Hardcover

Eliezer, Yaffa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0852741634 ISBN 13: 9780852741634

Publisher: Adam Hilger, 1989

Synopsis

The complexity of plasma physics makes it a difficult subject to write about in popular terms, but in The Fourth State of Matter, plasma is treated in a comprehensible language. Here the authors have combined factual substance with an easy-to-read and lucid presentation to describe plasma, its distribution in the Universe and how it is used by man. Plasma physics may hold the key to a virtually inexhaustible future energy source through the control of thermonuclear reactions. Plasma in industry is explored and present, and possible future, applications are described. A separate chapter details the history of plasma research and plasma technology.

About this title

Review

..."a difficult subject to write about in popular terms...Yaffa and Shalom Eliezer have undertaken a difficult task and carried it through with considerable success...combines factual substance with an easy-to-read and lucid presentation." Carl-Gunne Falthammar, Laser and Particle Beams, 10, 1, p. 213, 1992. ifficult subject to write about in popular terms...Yaffa and Shalom Eliezer have undertaken a difficult task and carried it through with considerable success...combines factual substance with an easy-to-read and lucid presentation." Carl-Gunne Falthammar, Laser and Particle Beams, 10, 1, p. 213, 1992.

Edition details

• Publisher: Adam Hilger
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852741634
• ISBN 13: 9780852741634
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 226
• Editor: Eliezer Shalom