Justin Ball and Jason Parisi on The Future of Fusion Energy - Part II

Hello and welcome to this episode of Physical Attraction. I’ve
been excited about this for a while. Today, on the show, for the
first time ever, we have not one but TWO guests, who have
co-written an excellent book together. They are both currently
researching nuclear fusion, and they have written a book about
the future of fusion energy called… well, the Future of Fusion
Energy.

Dr Justin Ball is currently studying plasma theory at Lausanne,
and Jason Parisi works on turbulent transport in highly
magnetized plasmas just a few buildings away from me here at the
University of Oxford.

Their book is an excellent guide to the science, history, and
future of fusion energy, and of real help in compiling the
marathon efforts in the show so far, so I was excited to be able
to grab both of them for an interview to talk about fusion. Since
this comes after I’ve already been yakking about fusion for ages,
the conversation does assume some knowledge of what nuclear
fusion is, but should be easy to follow if
you’ve listened to some of the episodes in this series already.


Thank you for listening to this episode of Physical Attraction.
My guests were Justin Ball and Jason Parisi. If you’d like to
find out more, please do get their book – The Future of Fusion
Energy – which is a highly entertaining and informative read.
They also both have websites in the same format – Justin-ball.com
and Jason-Parisi.com – and they can both be found on Twitter if
you’re into that sort of thing.

Remember, comments, questions, concerns, feedback, etc. can all
be directed to me on Twitter at physicspod, or via the contact
form on our website at www.physicspodcast.com – it’s always so
wonderful to hear from listeners, and this is your chance to help
me make the show as good as it can be! You can help us out by
leaving a review on iTunes, purchasing past bonus episodes from
the website, or just telling as many people as possible about the
show to help spread the word if you like what we do.

Until next time, then, take care.