NUCLEAR PROPULSION by Thring, M. W. (ed) reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

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NUCLEAR PROPULSION

by Thring, M. W. (ed)

London, 1960: Butterworth and Co., Ltd., 300 pages, $9.50

In 16 chapters a survey is made of nuclear propulsion: "The Structure of the Nucleus and Nuclear Reactions," "Reactor Physics." "The Thermodynamics of Jet and Rocket Propulsion," "The Application of Nuclear Power," "The Nuclear-Pdwered Closed-Cycle Gas Turbine," "The Design of Nuclear Reactors," "Metallurgical Problems in Nuclear Reactors," "Heat Transfer Problems in Nuclear Engineering," "Reactor Control and Instrumentation," "Marine Developments in the Nuclear Age," "Nuclear Marine Propulsion," "Some Observations on the Application of Nuclear Power to Aircraft," "Progress in Nuclear Propulsion," "The Limitations of Chemical Rockets and the Possibility of the Nuclear Rocket," "The Preparation, Storage and Properties of Working Fluids," "Potential Uses of Ceramics in Nuclear Reactors," and "Medical and Biological Aspects of Life in Sealed Cabins."

Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III