The next president of the United States won’t have a physics
Ph.D.— but he will develop policy on physics-related matters.
In this election year, Muller, a professor at UC Berkeley,
has put together a guide for the country’s incoming leader. But the purpose of
the book is primarily to inform voters. Muller shares statistics and corrects
misunderstandings relating to terrorism, energy, nuclear weapons, space and
global warming.
Muller writes for the educated reader, not the physics
expert. Readers, for example, might be surprised to learn that gasoline is one
of the most useful weapons for terrorists: It is low-tech and easy to get, and
one ton releases the explosive energy of 15 tons of TNT, Muller writes.
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