Complete Critical Assembly

Complete Critical Assembly

Author: David Langford

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2002-10-01

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1587153300

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This new collection of essays, commissioned from a range of scholars across the world, takes as its theme the reception of Rome's greatest poet in a time of profound cultural change. Amid the rise of Christianity, the changing status of the city of Rome, and the emergence of new governing classes, Vergil remained a bedrock of Roman education and identity. This volume considers the different ways in which Vergil was read, understood and appropriated; by poets, commentators, Church fathers, orators and historians. The introduction outlines the cultural and historical contexts. Twelve chapters dedicated to individual writers or genres, and the contributors make use of a wide range of approaches from contemporary reception theory. An epilogue concludes the volume.


Critical Assembly

Critical Assembly

Author: Lillian Hoddeson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-02-12

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780521541176

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This 1993 book explores how the 'critical assembly' of scientists at Los Alamos created the first atomic bombs.


Fast Breeder Reactors

Fast Breeder Reactors

Author: P. V. Evans

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-10-15

Total Pages: 961

ISBN-13: 1483223442

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Fast Breeder Reactors covers the proceedings of the 1966 London Conference on Fast Breeder Reactors, organized by the British Nuclear Energy Society. This conference highlights the technical and commercial aspects of nuclear power. This book is organized into five sections encompassing 37 chapters. The introductory section considers the historical development of British nuclear power technology and its application. This section provides an introduction to the principles of fast breeder reactor. The succeeding sections look into the mode of operation, and the design and physical aspects of prototype fast reactor. These sections also consider the theoretical and experimental works of these reactors in the United States. A description of the irradiation behavior of plutonium-bearing ceramic fuel pins is also included. The concluding section explores the control and instrumentation of the prototype fast reactor. This section specifically evaluates the main engineering equipment and the experimental work carried out in support of the selected designs, and to an explanation of certain problems of sodium technology. The design and experimental works on the main circulating pumps, the intermediate heat exchanger, and the steam generator are also surveyed. This book will prove useful to nuclear physicists, design engineers, and research workers who are interested in nuclear power-related fields.


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Publisher: Delene Kvasnicka

Published:

Total Pages: 56

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