Star Power: Iter and the International Quest for Fusion Energy

by A Baecoulet and Alain Bécoulet

A concise and accessible explanation of the science and technology behind the domestication of nuclear fusion energy.

Nuclear fusion research tells us that the Sun uses one gram of hydrogen to make as much energy as can be obtained by burning eight tons of petroleum. If nuclear fusion--the process that makes the stars shine--could be domesticated for commercial energy production, the world would gain an inexhaustible source of energy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262046261
• ISBN13: 9780262046268
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"