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Physics and Contemporary Needs

Volume 4

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  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. Riazuddin

    1. Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Physics, Energy and Natural Resources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Development of Nuclear Energy in the Third World --- Need and Constraints

      • Munir Ahmad Khan
      Pages 3-16

    3. Status and Prospects of Nuclear Power

      • Joseph R. Dietrich
      Pages 17-54

    4. Nuclear Waste Characteristics

      • Kirk R. Smith
      Pages 55-68

    5. Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy Sources: Methodological Issues

      • Kirk R. Smith
      Pages 69-78

    6. Nuclear Fusion: Present State and Future Prospects

      • P. Caldirola
      Pages 79-119

    7. Appropriate Technology Approach to Solar Energy Conversion

      • B. Bartoli
      Pages 121-135

    8. On Energy Systems

      • C. Marchetti
      Pages 137-210

  3. Physics and Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211
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    2. Photovoltaics

      • L. C. Burton
      Pages 213-287

    3. Amorphous Materials

      • J. F. Sadoc
      Pages 289-324

    4. Selection of Suitable Metallic Materials for Nuclear Power Reactors

      • Siegfried Leistikow
      Pages 325-381

  4. Physics and Computers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 383-383
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    2. Current Trends in Programming

      • Peter C. Poole
      Pages 385-416

    3. Information Retrieval Systems

      • Walter Niedermeyr
      Pages 417-462

    4. Numerical Study on Flow in Natural Draught Cooling Tower

      • S. Kuwabara
      Pages 463-480

    5. Tempoeral Development of the Plane Poiseuille Turbulence

      • S. Kuwabara
      Pages 481-495

  5. Physics and Frontiers of Knowledge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 497-497
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    2. Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy by Electron Impact Excitation

      • F. H. Read
      Pages 499-527
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About this book

These proceedings cover the lectures delivered at the Fourth International Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs held from June 16 - July 4, 1979 at Nathiagali, one of the scenic hill resorts in the northern part of Pakistan. The college was organised by Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) and co-sponsored by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (ICTP), Italy. It also received a financial grant from the University Grants Commi­ ssion for the participation of physicists from various universities of Pakistan. The college was attended by 16 lecturers and invited seminar speakers. It was attended by 186 participants from 28 coun­ tries and consisted of 15 concentrated days of lectures, seminars and informal discussions. These proceedings contain only regular lectures delivered at Nathiagali but the seminars held there are listed in the Appendix. This year the college put special emphasis on various energy systems, including their long term implications, and computer software. However, the lectures delivered at the college also covered a wide spectrum of physics. The series of the colleges of which the present college is the fourth one are an attempt to remove the barrier of isolation for the physicists working in developing coun­ tries, far removed from active centres of research. Thus these colleges could help to fill the important gap in communication between the physicists of developing and advanced countries.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Riazuddin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Physics and Contemporary Needs

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 4

  • Editors: Riazuddin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7624-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-7626-2Published: 23 May 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-7624-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 588

  • Number of Illustrations: 228 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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