[ExI] Interesting book

[John Clark]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 10:00 AM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

> *If one is really interested in this topic, I do highly recommend Richard
> Rhodes’ excellent “Making of the Atomic Bomb” for he really did his
> homework on that one.  Lotsa physics in there but it is not out of reach of
> the non-geek.  He really put a lot of the heart and soul into that story.*
>

Richard Rhodes also wrote a squeal that was excellent, "Dark Sun: The
Making of the Hydrogen Bomb". It described the Teller–Ulam design in some
detail and that was particularly interesting because, although its 65 years
old, its still the only known way to generate large amounts of fusion
energy, except for making a star of course. All other fusion reactors use
more energy than they produce, but not Teller–Ulam, it makes lots and lots
of energy. I just wish there was a way for it to make a bit less.

John K Clark







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