Life At The Center Of The Energy Crisis: A Technologist's Search For A Black Swan

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Life At The Center Of The Energy Crisis: A Technologist's Search For A Black Swan is written by George H Miley and published by World Scientific. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9814436518 (ISBN 10) and 9789814436519 (ISBN 13).

Life at the Center of the Energy Crisis: A Technologist's Search for a Black Swan describes the story of the author's work and struggles in the field of energy research. The author's experience in the field spans from work with Admiral Rickover and the Nuclear Navy to research with NASA designing propulsion for spacecraft to travel to Mars. The book provides insights into the differences between nuclear research done during the Cold War by the two superpowers, and offers a commentary on the flaws in each system with hope for change in the future. The book also provides a look into the development of the nuclear engineering program at the University of Illinois from the author's years as a professor and an administrator.