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A comprehensive, unified treatment of present-day nuclear physics-the fresh edition of a classic text/reference."A fine and thoroughly up-to-date textbook on nuclear physics . . . most welcome." -Physics Today (on the First Edition).What sets Introductory Nuclear Physics apart from other books on the subject is its presentation of nuclear physics as an integral part of modern physics. Placing the discipline within a broad historical and scientific context, it makes important connections to other fields such as elementary particle physics and astrophysics.Now fully revised and updated, this Second Edition explores the changing directions in nuclear physics, emphasizing new developments and current research-from superdeformation to quark-gluon plasma. Author Samuel S.M. Wong preserves those areas that established the First Edition as a standard text in university physics departments, focusing on what is exciting about the discipline and providing a concise, thorough, and accessible treatment of the fundamental aspects of nuclear properties.

The term "emerging contaminants" and its multiple variants has come to refer to unregulated compounds discovered in the environment that are also found to represent a potential threat to human and ecological receptors. Such contaminants create unique and considerable challenges as the push to address them typically outpaces the understanding of their toxicity, their need for regulation, their occurrence, and techniques for treating the environmental media they affect.With these challenges in mind, this handbook serves as a primer regarding the topic of emerging contaminants, with current and practical information to help support the goal of protection where they are encountered.FeaturesExplores the definition, identification, and life cycle of emerging contaminants. Reviews current information on sources, toxicology, regulation, and new tools for characterization and treatment of:1,4-Dioxane (mature in its emerging contaminant life cycle)Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs; a newer group of emerging contaminant)Hexavalent chromium (former emerging contaminant with evolving science)1,2,3-Trichloropropane (progressing in its emerging contaminant life cycle)Provides thoughts on opportunities in managing emerging contaminants to help balance uncertainty, compress life cycle, and optimize outcomes.

This book analyzes landfill sites in New York City Greater Toronto and Tel Aviv emphasizing the global scale of issues concerning waste disposal and park redevelopments For scholars researchers and academics studying waste studies the environment cities and sustainable development as well as for policymakers and eco artists

The first book fully devoted to the impact of climate change the elderly focusing on issues of critical importance aging in place health and age in a warming world responsibility for the climate crisis climateconscious consumption planning for investment for a green retirement and opportunities for political action

This revised fourth edition provides an accessible and interdisciplinary introduction to sustainable development for undergraduate and postgraduate students across the natural and social sciences A crucial resource for students and lecturers who have an interest in the sustainability of our planet human society and global economy

This book offers a critical primer on how Artificial Intelligence and digitalization are shaping our planet and the risks posed to society and environmental sustainability