Chapter 1 What Is Nuclear Fusion? -- 1.1 The Alchemists' Dream -- 1.2 The Sun's Energy -- 1.3 CanWe Use Fusion Energy? -- 1.4 Man-Made Suns -- 1.5 The Rest of the Story -- Chapter 2 Energy from Mass -- 2.1 Einstein's Theory -- 2.2 Building Blocks -- 2.3 Something Missing -- Chapter 3 Fusion in the Sun and Stars -- 3.1 The Source of the Sun's Energy -- 3.2 The Solar Furnace -- 3.3 Gravitational Confinement -- 3.4 The Formation of Heavier Atoms -- 3.5 Stars and Supernovae -- Chapter 4 Man-Made Fusion -- 4.1 Down to Earth -- 4.2 Getting It Together -- 4.3 Breaking Even -- Chapter 5 Magnetic Confinement -- 5.1 The First Experiments -- 5.2 Behind Closed Doors -- 5.3 Opening the Doors -- 5.4 ZETA -- 5.5 From Geneva to Novosibirsk -- Chapter 6 The Hydrogen Bomb -- 6.1 The Background -- 6.2 The Problems -- 6.3 Beyond the "Sloyka" -- Chapter 7 Inertial-Confinement Fusion -- 7.1 Mini-Explosions -- 7.2 Using Lasers -- 7.3 Alternative Drivers -- 7.4 The Future Program -- Chapter 8 False Trails -- 8.1 Fusion in a Test Tube? -- 8.2 Bubble Fusion -- 8.3 Fusion with Mesons -- Chapter 9 Tokamaks -- 9.1 The Basics -- 9.2 Instabilities -- 9.3 Diagnosing the Plasma -- 9.4 Impurities -- 9.5 Heating the Plasma -- Chapter 10 From T3 to ITER -- 10.1 The Big Tokamaks -- 10.2 Pushing to Peak Performance -- 10.3 Tritium Operation -- 10.4 Scaling to a Power Plant -- 10.5 The Next Step -- 10.6 ITER -- Chapter 11 Fusion Power Plants -- 11.1 Early Plans -- 11.2 Fusion Power Plant Geometry -- 11.3 Magnetic-Confinement Fusion -- 11.4 Inertial-Confinement Fusion -- 11.5 Tritium Breeding -- 11.6 Radiation Damage and Shielding -- 11.7 Low-Activation Materials -- Chapter 12 Why We Need Fusion Energy -- 12.1 World Energy Needs -- 12.2 The Choice of Fuels -- 12.3 The Environmental Impact of Fusion Energy -- 12.4 The Cost of Fusion Energy -- Epilogue -- Units -- Glossary.

Further Reading -- Index.