The plasma universe

1. Fourth State of Matter

Same But Different

What's In a Name?

Irving Langmuir

Forces and Feedbacks

2. Music and Dance of Plasmas

Langmuir Waves (plasma oscillations)

Alfven Waves Down the Line

Rough Ride from the Sun

Hannes Alfven

3. Sun-Earth Connection

Lighting Up the Solar System

Spots, Loops, and Lariats of Fire

New Views of the Sun

Blast from the Mass

Mighty Wind

Eugene N. Parker

4. Bringing the Sun to Earth: The Story of Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion

Magnetic Bottles

Fusion by Light

Just a Pinch

Marshall Rosenbluth

5. Cosmic Plasma Theater: Galaxies, Stars, and Accretion Discs

Shaping Up

Going to Extremes

Discs and Holes

Jet Propulsion

In the Firing Line

6. Putting Plasmas to Work

Plasma to Read By

Walls of Light

Withdrawal and Deposits

Plasmas and Human Health

When Push Comes to Shove.