The Star Builders

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When asked what problem he hoped scientists will have solved by the end of the century, Professor Stephen Hawking replied 'I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.' But what is nuclear fusion and could it really be the answer to the climate emergency? Fusion powers the stars and fills the universe with light. This book tells how scientists, governments and entrepreneurs are increasingly convinced that it could power the planet too. Arthur Turrell takes us on a tour of one of the greatest technological and scientific challenges. He reveals the machines, the ideas and the sudden influx of investment that has led us closer than ever to clean, abundant energy from nuclear fusion. Filled with the remarkable stories of those who have dedicated their lives to a seemingly impossible dream, The Star Builders is an unmissable insight into how efforts to replicate the universe's most ubiquitous energy source are inching closer to reality