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Man-Made Sun

Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) Fusion Reactor

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  • The first popular science book on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), one of China’s big science facilities
  • Uses straightforward language for a general audience
  • Demonstrates China’s cutting-edge scientific and technological advances to the rest of the world

Part of the book series: China’s Big Science Facilities (CBSF)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. The Conquest of the Energy Kingdom

    • Suzhen Zhang
    Pages 1-28
  3. All About the Nuclear Status Quo

    • Suzhen Zhang
    Pages 29-50
  4. The Legend of Artificial Sun

    • Yaqin Li
    Pages 51-62
  5. How to Create Artificial Sun

    • Jie Huang
    Pages 63-81
  6. The Past and Present of Tokamak

    • Teng Wang
    Pages 83-103
  7. The Road of China to Artificial Sun

    • Teng Wang
    Pages 105-126
  8. How Cool is Artificial Sun

    • Jiao Peng
    Pages 127-136
  9. Artificial Sun Is Not Just a Dream

    • Rong Yan
    Pages 137-145
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 147-147

About this book

This book introduces the research process and principles of the controlled super-coupling nuclear fusion experiment at the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) nuclear fusion reactor in Hefei, China. It uses straightforward language to explain how nuclear fusion can provide safe, environmentally friendly, clean, and inexhaustible energy in future. EAST is the world’s first fully superconducting, non-circular cross-section tokamak nuclear fusion experimental device, independently developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. This book helps demonstrate China’s cutting-edge scientific and technological advances to the rest of the world, helps spread the scientific spirit to people around the globe, and promotes prosperity and development. The book is intended for all non-experts who would like to learn more about nuclear energy and related technologies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China

    Baonian Wan

About the editor

Dr. Baonian Wan is a director of the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China. He received Ph.D. degree from University of Würzburg, Germany, in 1991. He has engaged in tokamak plasma diagnosis and physics experiments for decades and has made a series of major achievements in the HT-7 superconducting tokamak physics experiment.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Man-Made Sun

  • Book Subtitle: Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) Fusion Reactor

  • Editors: Baonian Wan

  • Translated by: Xiaodong Chen

  • Series Title: China’s Big Science Facilities

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3887-9

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Zhejiang Education Publishing House 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3886-2Published: 09 November 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3889-3Published: 10 November 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-3887-9Published: 08 November 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2662-768X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-7698

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 147

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 161 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, Energy Systems

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eBook USD 29.99
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Softcover Book USD 37.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 37.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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