Center for Science Writings

"Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion Energy" Charles Seife

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

4:00PM - 5:30PM

Babbio Center, Room 122

A professor of science journalism at NYU and author of three previous popular books on physics, Charles Seife will discuss the elusive quest for fusion energy, the topic of his latest book. For more than 50 years, physicists have sought to harness nuclear fusion, which makes the sun shine and hydrogen bombs explode. True believers keep promising that fusion will solve our energy needs, while skeptics say it's time to pull the plug on this frustrating research program.