Author: Vladimir Torchigin
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1036413659
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
In this book, the consequences of a perfectly new natural phenomenon associated with the existence of self-confined circulating light, which is responsible for the paradoxical behavior and anomalies of ball lightning, are considered. It is shown that similar phenomena can exist in the microworld, which makes it possible to explain the finite lifetime of microworld objects, their wave properties, mutual attraction, and the possibility of energy exchange between nuclei without overcoming the Coulomb barrier. The latter possibility allows the extraction of nuclear energy using circulating light. Several options for nuclear power plants are given, where nuclear fuel is ordinary water. The book is based on over 80 scientific articles published in leading international scientific journals in physics and optics.
The Mystery of Ball Lightning Revealed
Author: Vladimir Torchigin
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1036413659
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
In this book, the consequences of a perfectly new natural phenomenon associated with the existence of self-confined circulating light, which is responsible for the paradoxical behavior and anomalies of ball lightning, are considered. It is shown that similar phenomena can exist in the microworld, which makes it possible to explain the finite lifetime of microworld objects, their wave properties, mutual attraction, and the possibility of energy exchange between nuclei without overcoming the Coulomb barrier. The latter possibility allows the extraction of nuclear energy using circulating light. Several options for nuclear power plants are given, where nuclear fuel is ordinary water. The book is based on over 80 scientific articles published in leading international scientific journals in physics and optics.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1036413659
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
In this book, the consequences of a perfectly new natural phenomenon associated with the existence of self-confined circulating light, which is responsible for the paradoxical behavior and anomalies of ball lightning, are considered. It is shown that similar phenomena can exist in the microworld, which makes it possible to explain the finite lifetime of microworld objects, their wave properties, mutual attraction, and the possibility of energy exchange between nuclei without overcoming the Coulomb barrier. The latter possibility allows the extraction of nuclear energy using circulating light. Several options for nuclear power plants are given, where nuclear fuel is ordinary water. The book is based on over 80 scientific articles published in leading international scientific journals in physics and optics.
Ball Lightning
Author: Herbert Boerner
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783030207854
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Ball lightning is an enigma. These luminous objects that appear occasionally during thunderstorms and can reach several meters in diameter have been a mystery to science for about 200 years. Despite several thousands of reported observations, their nature is still unknown. In this book, well documented cases of ball lightning are described and used to unravel some aspects of this mysterious form of atmospheric electricity. Throughout the book, the author discusses the various facets of the problem in an accessible but rigorous style, delivering a readable and informative text that will captivate the curious reader. He finally reaches the surprising conclusion that the solution to this puzzle may have been hidden in plain sight for many years. A foreword by Earle Williams, leading lightning researcher at MIT, introduces the book.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783030207854
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Ball lightning is an enigma. These luminous objects that appear occasionally during thunderstorms and can reach several meters in diameter have been a mystery to science for about 200 years. Despite several thousands of reported observations, their nature is still unknown. In this book, well documented cases of ball lightning are described and used to unravel some aspects of this mysterious form of atmospheric electricity. Throughout the book, the author discusses the various facets of the problem in an accessible but rigorous style, delivering a readable and informative text that will captivate the curious reader. He finally reaches the surprising conclusion that the solution to this puzzle may have been hidden in plain sight for many years. A foreword by Earle Williams, leading lightning researcher at MIT, introduces the book.
Ball Lightning
Author: Cixin Liu
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765394081
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Three-Body Trilogy, Cixin Liu's Ball Lightning is the story of what happens when the beauty of scientific inquiry runs up against the drive to harness new discoveries with no consideration of their possible consequences. When Chen’s parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of this mysterious natural phenomenon. His search takes him to stormy mountaintops, an experimental military weapons lab, and an old Soviet science station. The more he learns, the more he comes to realize that ball lightning is just the tip of an entirely new frontier. While Chen’s quest for answers gives purpose to his lonely life, it also pits him against soldiers and scientists with motives of their own: a beautiful army major with an obsession with dangerous weaponry, and a physicist who has no place for ethical considerations in his single-minded pursuit of knowledge. "Wildly imaginative."—Barack Obama on The Three-Body Problem trilogy Tor books by Cixin Liu The Three-Body Problem Series #1 The Three-Body Problem #2 The Dark Forest #3 Death's End At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765394081
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Three-Body Trilogy, Cixin Liu's Ball Lightning is the story of what happens when the beauty of scientific inquiry runs up against the drive to harness new discoveries with no consideration of their possible consequences. When Chen’s parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of this mysterious natural phenomenon. His search takes him to stormy mountaintops, an experimental military weapons lab, and an old Soviet science station. The more he learns, the more he comes to realize that ball lightning is just the tip of an entirely new frontier. While Chen’s quest for answers gives purpose to his lonely life, it also pits him against soldiers and scientists with motives of their own: a beautiful army major with an obsession with dangerous weaponry, and a physicist who has no place for ethical considerations in his single-minded pursuit of knowledge. "Wildly imaginative."—Barack Obama on The Three-Body Problem trilogy Tor books by Cixin Liu The Three-Body Problem Series #1 The Three-Body Problem #2 The Dark Forest #3 Death's End At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Opening Minds
Author: Simeon Hein
Publisher: Mount Baldy Press, Inc.
ISBN: 0971586306
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
New discoveries in physics combined with a greater awareness of extra-ordinary phenomena all around us challenge our traditional beliefs. Research into resonant viewing crop circles and extraterrestrials shows our world to be vibrant, multidimmensional, and full of mystery.
Publisher: Mount Baldy Press, Inc.
ISBN: 0971586306
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
New discoveries in physics combined with a greater awareness of extra-ordinary phenomena all around us challenge our traditional beliefs. Research into resonant viewing crop circles and extraterrestrials shows our world to be vibrant, multidimmensional, and full of mystery.
Mesmerized
Author: Mara Rockliff
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536220582
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
“Together, Rockliff and Bruno make the scientific method seem exciting, and kids interested in science and history will likely be, well, mesmerized.” — Booklist (starred review) When American inventor Benjamin Franklin arrives in Paris, he is upstaged by a compelling and enigmatic figure: Dr. Mesmer. In elaborately staged shows, Mesmer has Parisians believing he can control a magic force that changes the taste of water, cures illness, and controls thoughts! Can Ben Franklin’s approach of observing, hypothesizing, and testing get to the bottom of Mesmer’s tricks? A rip-roaring, lavishly illustrated peek into a fascinating moment in history shows the development of the scientific method — and reveals the amazing power of the human mind.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536220582
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
“Together, Rockliff and Bruno make the scientific method seem exciting, and kids interested in science and history will likely be, well, mesmerized.” — Booklist (starred review) When American inventor Benjamin Franklin arrives in Paris, he is upstaged by a compelling and enigmatic figure: Dr. Mesmer. In elaborately staged shows, Mesmer has Parisians believing he can control a magic force that changes the taste of water, cures illness, and controls thoughts! Can Ben Franklin’s approach of observing, hypothesizing, and testing get to the bottom of Mesmer’s tricks? A rip-roaring, lavishly illustrated peek into a fascinating moment in history shows the development of the scientific method — and reveals the amazing power of the human mind.
Ball Lightning
Author: Cixin Liu
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765394073
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
"The first three chapters of this translation appeared in the online magazine Words without borders in a slightly different form in 2009"--Copyright page.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765394073
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
"The first three chapters of this translation appeared in the online magazine Words without borders in a slightly different form in 2009"--Copyright page.
Sandstorm LP
Author: James Rollins
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062066528
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum, setting off alarms in clandestine organizations around the world. And now the search for answers is leading Lady Kara Kensington; her friend Safia al-Maaz, the gallery’s brilliant and beautiful curator; and their guide, the international adventurer Omaha Dunn, into a world they never dreamed existed: a lost city buried beneath the Arabian desert. But others are being drawn there as well, some with dark and sinister purposes. And the many perils of a death-defying trek deep into the savage heart of the Arabian Peninsula pale before the nightmare waiting to be unearthed at journey’s end: an ageless and awesome power that could create a utopia…or destroy everything humankind has built over countless millennia.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062066528
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum, setting off alarms in clandestine organizations around the world. And now the search for answers is leading Lady Kara Kensington; her friend Safia al-Maaz, the gallery’s brilliant and beautiful curator; and their guide, the international adventurer Omaha Dunn, into a world they never dreamed existed: a lost city buried beneath the Arabian desert. But others are being drawn there as well, some with dark and sinister purposes. And the many perils of a death-defying trek deep into the savage heart of the Arabian Peninsula pale before the nightmare waiting to be unearthed at journey’s end: an ageless and awesome power that could create a utopia…or destroy everything humankind has built over countless millennia.
Gonzo Science
Author: Jim Richardson
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1616406232
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
True believers and skeptics beware: what you know about science may be wrong. Science commentators Jim and Allen Richardson are more faithful than the believers and more skeptical than the skeptics -- and they're funnier, too.
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1616406232
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
True believers and skeptics beware: what you know about science may be wrong. Science commentators Jim and Allen Richardson are more faithful than the believers and more skeptical than the skeptics -- and they're funnier, too.
American Lightning
Author: Howard Blum
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410412027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
It was an explosion that reverberated across the country - and into the very heart of early-twentieth-century America. On the morning of October 1, 1910, the walls of the Los Angeles Times building buckled as a thunderous detonation sent men, machines and mortar rocketing into the air. With smoke still rising from the charred ruins, the city's mayor learns of the arrival of America's greatest detective, William J. Burns, to run the perpetrators to the ground.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410412027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
It was an explosion that reverberated across the country - and into the very heart of early-twentieth-century America. On the morning of October 1, 1910, the walls of the Los Angeles Times building buckled as a thunderous detonation sent men, machines and mortar rocketing into the air. With smoke still rising from the charred ruins, the city's mayor learns of the arrival of America's greatest detective, William J. Burns, to run the perpetrators to the ground.
Strange Secrets
Author: Nick Redfern
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743482018
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
IF YOU THOUGHT THAT THE X-FILES WAS ONLY FICTION, THINK AGAIN! For as long as extraterrestrial and paranormal phenomena have been investigated, the official government response to any events deemed "otherworldly" or unexplainable has been well documented: DENIAL. Not because they aren't interested in UFOs, monsters, and psychic abilities -- but because they have their own secret agendas for using this knowledge. In this thoroughly researched compendium of conspiracies and cover-ups, the remarkable findings that have been documented (and supposedly debunked) by the governments of the United States, Great Britain, and the former Soviet Union are finally revealed, including Attempts by the U.S. Air Force to build a fleet of nuclear-powered flying saucers... The British military's files on the Loch Ness monster and other mysterious beasts... The Cold War race between the CIA and the KGB to create the perfect psychic spy/assassin... The real story behind the enigmatic "Men in Black," who terrify UFO witnesses into silence... For anyone who wants to know the truth -- or the truth behind the truth -- Strange Secrets is the ultimate resource to understanding exactly what the government doesn't want us to know -- and why they want to keep us in the dark.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743482018
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
IF YOU THOUGHT THAT THE X-FILES WAS ONLY FICTION, THINK AGAIN! For as long as extraterrestrial and paranormal phenomena have been investigated, the official government response to any events deemed "otherworldly" or unexplainable has been well documented: DENIAL. Not because they aren't interested in UFOs, monsters, and psychic abilities -- but because they have their own secret agendas for using this knowledge. In this thoroughly researched compendium of conspiracies and cover-ups, the remarkable findings that have been documented (and supposedly debunked) by the governments of the United States, Great Britain, and the former Soviet Union are finally revealed, including Attempts by the U.S. Air Force to build a fleet of nuclear-powered flying saucers... The British military's files on the Loch Ness monster and other mysterious beasts... The Cold War race between the CIA and the KGB to create the perfect psychic spy/assassin... The real story behind the enigmatic "Men in Black," who terrify UFO witnesses into silence... For anyone who wants to know the truth -- or the truth behind the truth -- Strange Secrets is the ultimate resource to understanding exactly what the government doesn't want us to know -- and why they want to keep us in the dark.