A new book: Plasma, el cuarto estado de la materia
(Plasma, the fourth state of matter)

Plasma, el cuarto estado de la materia”, within the CSIC colection: “¿Qué sabemos de?”, a new book by Teresa de los Arcos and Isabel Tanarro will be presented on next June 2nd, 2011, at 19:30 PM, at Madrid Book Fair (Pabellón Carmen Martín Gaite).

Abstract:

The core of the Sun, boreal auroras, lighting, interstellar nebulae or the flame of a bonfire are very different luminous phenomena with a common characteristic: they are plasmas. Thanks to the present knowledge and to the development of controlled generation techniques, they have acquired enormous relevance for multiple scientific and technological processes, from low consumption lamps to plasma TV scopes. They are found in nuclear fusion reactors and represent a promising bet to resolve the problem of power supply for future generations, since… what about being able to create on Earth the reactions which lead the Sun to produce so huge energy amounts? Plasma is the state of matter, nearly all the known Universe is built of. It is extraordinarily diverse, dynamic and full of beauty and, as the reader will verify after reading this book, it provides new and very interesting perspectives every day.

Teresa de los Arcos and Isabel Tanarro. “Plasma, el cuarto estado de la materia”. Colección: “¿Que sabemos de?”, nº 21. Editoriales: CSIC - Catarata (2011). ISBN: 978-84-00-09303-7 (CSIC), 978-84-8319-594-9 (Catarata).

For more information or buy it, press here.


Interview to Isabel Tanarro in radio, to talk about the book
Plasma, el cuarto estado de la materia” (Plasma, the fourth state of matter).

Isabel Tanarro was interviewed Saturday, May 28 at 7.00 a.m. by Teresa Yusta of Radio Euskadi, in the program “Hágase la Luz” (in spanish). For listen it, (mp3 format) press here.

The aim of the interview was to talk about the book recently published by CSIC and Editorial Catarata “Plasma, el cuarto estado de la materia” (Plasma, the fourth state of matter), written by Teresa de los Arcos and herself.


June 1, 2011