Sun in a Bottle (35 page)
Authors: Charles Seife
CHAPTER 9: NOTHING LIKE THE SUN
CHAPTER 10: THE SCIENCE OF WISHFUL THINKING
APPENDIX: TABLETOP FUSION
204 “We find that this cannot be done.” President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST),
The U.S. Program of Fusion Energy Research and Development,
4.
The U.S. Program of Fusion Energy Research and Development,
4.
206 “after ten years” Fusion Power Associates, “U.S. Fails to Sign ITER Extension Agreement; JET Demonstrates Fusion Remote Maintenance.”
207 “breakeven plasma conditions” Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute,
Persistent Quest—Research Activities, 1997.
Persistent Quest—Research Activities, 1997.
207 “Breakeven was demonstrated” Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, “Nuclear Fusion.”
208 “Once we crack the problem of fusion,” Angier, “High Hopes for a Super Nova.”
212 “Not 1%. Those who say 5%” Seife, “Will NIF Live Up to Its Name?” 1128.
213 “but its contribution is almost exclusively to the long-term tasks” JASON,
Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Review,
2.
Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Review,
2.
214 “NIF will contribute to training and retaining expertise” JASON,
Science Based Stockpile Stewardship,
54.
Science Based Stockpile Stewardship,
54.
217
n
“abundant resources” Bush, Speech Announcing New Vision for Space Exploration Program.
n
“abundant resources” Bush, Speech Announcing New Vision for Space Exploration Program.
218 “hand held out to future generations” Chirac, Speech by Mr Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic.
219 “The ambition is huge!” Ibid.
220 “When one turns to the magnificent edifice” James,
The Will to Believe,
7.
The Will to Believe,
7.
222 “It was the thing that one fears” Seife, “CERN’s Gamble Shows Perils, Rewards of Playing the Odds,” 2261.
222 “We did all sorts of tests on the data” Ibid.
223 “Ten or twelve days before I was due” Ibid.
223 “It was a large audience” Ibid.
223 “Here I was, with the biggest blunder of my life” Ibid.
227 “fired repeatedly, the machine could well be the fusion machine” Sandia National Laboratories, “Rapid-Fire Pulse Brings Sandia Z Method Closer to Goal of High-Yield Fusion Reactor.”
229 “the mad scientist” Damron, “Oakland Twp. Teen Creates Fusion.”
229 “Yesterday I input power” Olson, “Archived—First Plasma.”
229 “Michigan Teen Creates Nuclear Fusion” United Press International, “Michigan Teen Creates Nuclear Fusion.”
234 “Oh, God, not again.” Seife, “Tabletop Accelerator Breaks ‘Cold Fusion’ Jinx But Won’t Yield Energy, Physicists Say,” 613.
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