Mirror Matter: Pioneering Antimatter Physics

Forward, Robert L.; Davis, Joel L.

ISBN 10: 0471628123 / ISBN 13: 9780471628125

Published by Wiley, 1988

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0471628123I4N10

Synopsis:

Total conversion of antimatter in the presence of matter, and the incandescent plasma that it generates, can be used for the production of power. This book describes how to make, capture, store, and use antimatter. It is the answer to the sceptics who say that using antimatter is too risky, too difficult, or too expensive. The authors explain, step-by-step, how to improve the cost-effectiveness of antimatter production, how antimatter can be used in power stations, and how it can improve the propulsion of interplanetary rocket engines by one or two orders of magnitude.

About the Author: Robert L. Forward is a consulting scientist, future technologist, lecturer, and science fact and fiction writer. He is the owner and Chief Scientist of Forward Unlimited, a consultant firm specializing in exotic physics and advanced space propulsion, and a partner and chief scientist of Tethers Unlimited, a partnership formed in 1994 with Dr. Robert P. Hoyt, specializing in highly survivable space tethers. He is the author of ten science fiction novels, the sequel to Dragon's Egg, and three works of science fact plus numerous popular science articles and short stories.

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

Bibliographic Details

Title: Mirror Matter: Pioneering Antimatter Physics
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket