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Article: The plasma Universe.(Review)
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- February 5, 2001
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Fusion: a voyage through the plasma Universe
Hans Wilhelmsson
Bristol: Institute of Physics, 2000
Ppxi+158, [pound]21.95/$35, ISBN 0 7503 0639 4
Plasma has been called the fourth state of matter and 99% of matter in the Universe is in the form of plasma. The physics of plasma was described by Jacob Bronowski, in his memorable series of television essays 'The ascent of man', as: 'A new kind of physics -- the physics of plasma. Its excitement, yes, and its importance is that it is the physics of nature.' Naturally, all physics is the physics of nature. What Bronowski was referring to was that the fusion of the nuclei of the light ...