Physics and Contemporary Needs

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Energy Resources

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Scenarios of Energy Requirement in Seven Regions of the World

      • Wolf Häfele

      Pages 3-23

   3. Energy Supply in Seven Regions of the World and International Oil Trade

      • Wolf Häfele

      Pages 25-42

   4. Nature of Energy Demand

      • Wolf Häfele

      Pages 43-52

   5. Nuclear Energy Strategies

      • Wolf Häfele

      Pages 53-62

   6. The Second Fossil and Nuclear Age

      • Wolf Häfele

      Pages 63-71

   7. Modelling and Assessment of Energy Demand

      • A. M. Khan

      Pages 73-102

   8. Energy Supply Model Message and Its Application to IIASA’s World Region V

      • Leo Schrattenholzer

      Pages 103-125

   9. Macro — A General Equilibrium Model

      • Hans-Holger Rogner

      Pages 127-143

   10. The IIASA-ENP Energy Picture of Latin America: An Overview

       • J. C. di Primio

       Pages 145-180

   11. Biomass Energy

       • R. P. Overend

       Pages 181-236

   12. A Twenty Year Perspective on Energy Demand and Supply Situation of Pakistan

       • A. M. Khan, S. B. Khan

       Pages 237-253

3. Physics and Technology

   1. Computer Simulation

      • Scott Kirkpatrick

      Pages 257-266

   2. Development of Application Software for Minicomputer Systems

      • A. Jaeschke

      Pages 267-276

   3. Initiation Mechanics: The Prediction of Metal Fatigue Damage

      • William J. Pardee

      Pages 277-302

4. Biophysics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 303-303

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   2. Restriction Endonucleases, DNA Sequencing, and Computers

      • Richard J. Roberts

      Pages 305-316

   3. Biophysics of Radiation Action

      • Hermann Dertinger

      Pages 317-328

   4. Medical Uses of Accelerators

      • James N. Bradbury

      Pages 329-358

This volume consists of lectures delivered at the Sixth Inter­ national Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs held at Islamabad from June 15 to July 2, 1981. The College used to be held at one of the scenic hill resorts of Pakistan, Nathiagali, hence the name of the College. The College was organized by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), under the patronage of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, with a view to providing an opportunity for local physicists and physicists from developing countries for learning of the latest developments in various branches of physics. The University Grants Commission provided a financial grant for the participation of physicists from the universities of Pakistan. The College had 18 lecturers from 7 countries. The total participation in the College was by over 200 people from 18 different countries. There were 15 days of concentrated lecturing during the day followed by seminars and discussion sessions in the evenings. From its inception the College has had a broad-based, multi­ disciplinary emphasis. The purpose of the College has been to provide­ physicists in the developing countries with enough information in various branches of physics so that they can shift, or broaden, their field of research. In the poor countries, like Pakistan, physicists cannot always get facilities and opportunities to continue research in their original field of specialisation at a reasonable level.

• cosmology
• development
• energy
• evolution
• information
• learning
• mechanics
• metals
• nuclear energy
• particle physics
• physics
• radiation
• theoretical physics

• Pakistan Atomic Energy Comission, Islamabad, Pakistan

  A. M. Khan

• Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Faisalabad, Pakistan

  S. Riazuddin

• Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

  Asghar Qadir

• Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

  M. N. Qazi

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