عنوان

Energy and society :

(Number (ISBN

1439826455

(Number (ISBN

9781439826454

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Title Proper

Energy and society :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

an introduction /

First Statement of Responsibility

Harold H. Schobert

Edition Statement

Second edition

Date

1312

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

683 pages ;

Dimensions

33 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Energy, work, and power -- Human energy -- The energy balance -- Fire -- Firewood -- Combustion for home comfort -- Waterwheels -- Wind energy -- The steam engine -- Heat and thermal efficiency -- Introduction to electricity -- How electricity is generated -- Impacts of electricity on society -- Electricity from falling water -- Electricity from steam -- Energy for transportation -- Petroleum and its products -- Gasoline -- The impact of the automobile -- Jet engines and jet fuel -- Diesel engines and diesel fuel -- Atomic energy -- Nuclear power plants -- The nuclear controversy -- Energy and the environment -- Acid rain -- Vehicle emissions and emissionless vehicles -- Global climate change -- Fossil energy: reserves, resources, and geopolitics -- Renewable energy from biomass -- Electricity from wind -- Energy from the sun -- Nuclear fusion : bringing the sun to Earth

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Energy consumption-- Social aspects

Force and energy

Power resources

Power resources-- Environmental aspects

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Schobert, Harold H.,1943-

Date of Transaction

20130820000000.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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