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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In 'Death Rays and Delusions,' Dr. Gerold Yonas explains how he found himself thrust into a high stakes world of generals and politicians, international intrigue, multi-billion dollar budgets, laser beams and nuclear annihilation as he faced a mind-boggling assignment-creating a high-tech shield in space to defend America from attack.In this autobiographical narrative about the end of the Cold War, Yonas gives a firsthand account of the creation and evolution of the Star Wars beam weapon program. Having served as the first chief scientist and acting deputy director for Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as the 'Star Wars' program, Yonas traces the strange, ironic and humorous events of his career as 'Reagan's Ray Gun.' He offers insight into the end of the Cold War, the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the political, military and scientific machinations taking place in the background.Exploring a time characterized by chaos and confusion, politics and public relations, delusions and deceptions, Yonas reflects on the modern lessons from this era and shares his unique perspective on what happens when science and politics collide.…

Wraps. Zustand: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 103, [1] pages. Illustrations/Figures. Formulae. Page 59-60 is a fold-out. References. Front cover wear. Back cover creased with institutional stamp. Gerold Yonas, American research and development director. Recipient medal for outstanding public service Secretary of Defense, 1986. Fellow American Physical Society; associate fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; member Fusion Power Association. Dr. Yonas was a Senior scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1962-1967; manager beam research, Physics International, 1967-1972; manager pulsed power science, Sandia National laboratories, 1972-1984; Deputy Director, Strategic Defense Initiative Official, Office Secretary Defense, Washington, 1984-1986; president, Titan Technologies, La Jolla, California, 1986-1989; vice president systems applications, Sandia National Laboratories, since 1989. Advisor White House, Pentagon, and NASA. Electric power generation by controlled fusion may provide a partial solution to the world's long-term energy supply problem. Achievement of a fusion reaction required the confinement of an extremely hot plasma for a time long enough to allow fuel burnup. Inertial confinement of the plasma may be possible through the use of tightly focused, relativistic electron or ion beams to compress the fuel pellet. The Sandia Particle Beam Fusion program was developing the particle-beam accelerators necessary to achieve fuel ignition. In this report, the authors review the status of the particle-beam fusion technology development program and identify several potential civilian applications for this technology. Then they identify and discuss applicaitons for the beam technology and for the fusion neutrons. The applications are grouped in near-term, intermediate-term, and long-term categories. One of the potential near-term applications for the beam technology was electron-beam pumping of gas lasers.…

Zustand: good. 103, wraps, illus., diagrams, fold-out, references, ink note on front cover. SAND77-0516.