Author: Helge Kragh
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Keywords: preludes, modern, cosmology, religious, scientific, spirit, universe, matter
Number of Pages: 322
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 1860944698
ISBN-13: 9781860944697

Cosmology is an unusual science with an unusual history. This book examines the formative years of modern cosmology from the perspective of its interaction with religious thought. As the first study of its kind, it reveals how closely associated the development of cosmology has been with considerations of a philosophical and religious nature. From nineteenth-century thermodynamics to the pioneering cosmological works of Georges Lemaitre and Arthur E Milne, religion has shaped parts of modern cosmological theory. By taking the religious component seriously, a new and richer history of cosmology

Author: Unknown
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Keywords: strategies, costs, policies, plants, nuclear, power, decommissioning
Number of Pages: 105
Published: 2003-01-01
ISBN-10: 9264104313
ISBN-13: 9789264104310

This report, based upon data provided by 26 countries, examines the decommissioning of nuclear power plants of varying reactor types, sites and sizes. It assesses differences in decommissioning costs and the management of financial liabilities arising after nuclear power plants are shut down, and explores the effects of national policies and industrial strategies.

Author: Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Develop
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Keywords: enterprises, governments, difference, growth, entrepreneurship, studies, smes, oecd
Number of Pages: 239
Published: 2010-12-02
ISBN-10: 9264095977
ISBN-13: 9789264095977

The spectacular success of several well-known new ventures in technological fields, which in little more than a decade have jumped from the state of start-ups to that of top international businesses, has pointed to innovation as a key factor in the high growth of firms. These high-growth enterprises often drive job creation and innovation, so policy makers are increasingly making such companies a key focus. Specifically, how can government policy foster the creation of more high-growth enterprises; what are the growth factors, and how can they be leveraged; what are the appropriate ways to pro

Author: J. L. Heilbron
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: lawrence, laboratory, berkeley, history
Number of Pages: 660
Published: 1989-12-20
ISBN-10: 0520064267
ISBN-13: 9780520064263

The Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California, was the birthplace of particle accelerators, radioisotopes, and modern big science. This first volume of its history is a saga of physics and finance in the Great Depression, when a new kind of science was born.Here we learn how Ernest Lawrence used local and national technological, economic, and manpower resources to build the cyclotron, which enabled scientists to produce high-voltage particles without high voltages. The cyclotron brought Lawrence forcibly and permanently to the attention of leaders of international physics in Brussels at the

Author: David E. Johnson
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: power, air, post, war, era, cold, ground, large, lessons, evolving, roles, learning
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833038761
ISBN-13: 9780833038760

The relative roles of U.S. ground and air power have shifted since the end of the Cold War. At the level of major operations and campaigns, the Air Force has proved capable of and committed to performing deep strike operations, which the Army long had believed the Air Force could not reliably accomplish. If air power can largely supplant Army systems in deep operations, the implications for both joint doctrine and service capabilities would be significant. To assess the shift of these roles, the author of this report analyzed post

Author: David E. Johnson
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: power, air, post, war, era, cold, ground, large, lessons, evolving, roles, learning
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833040294
ISBN-13: 9780833040299

The relative roles of U.S. ground and air power have shifted since the end of the Cold War. At the level of major operations and campaigns, the Air Force has proved capable of and committed to performing deep strike operations, which the Army long had believed the Air Force could not reliably accomplish. If air power can largely supplant Army systems in deep operations, the implications for both joint doctrine and service capabilities would be significant. To assess the shift of these roles, the author of this report analyzed post

Author: International Energy Agency
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Keywords: iea, countries, generation, power, investment, challenges, tackling
Number of Pages: 211
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 9264030077
ISBN-13: 9789264030077

In most IEA countries a new investment cycle in power generation is looming and a window of opportunity exists to push for a cleaner and more efficient generation portfolio and help build a more sustainable infrastructure lasting over the next 40-50 years. This book looks at recent trends and prospects for investment in power generation as well as the main drivers and barriers, giving special emphasis to the question of how uncertainties may affect investment decisions. Uncertainties on: CO2 constraints, power plant licensing, acceptability of nuclear power, local opposition, government suppor