Energy, physics and the environment /
By: McFarland, E. L. (Ernest Leslie) [author.].
Contributor(s): Hunt, James L. (James Louis) [author.] | Campbell, John L [author.].
Publisher: Mason, Ohio : Thomson, 2007Edition: 3rd edition.Description: 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1426624336; 9781426624339.Subject(s): Energy development -- Environmental aspects -- Textbooks | Power resources -- Environmental aspects -- Textbooks | Environmental sciences -- Textbooks | Physics -- TextbooksDDC classification: 333.79Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes appendices, bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Energy and power in today's world -- Energy consumption : past, present and future -- The Hubbert Model of resource production -- Efficiency of energy conversions -- Health and environmental impacts of fossil fuels -- Electromagnetic radiation and the greenhouse effect -- Electricity -- Magnetism and A. C. Electricity -- Commercial electricity -- Nuclear physics -- Nuclear energy : 20th century -- Health and environmental impacts of nuclear energy -- Nuclear energy : 21st century -- Renewable energy I -- Renewable energy II -- Energy use in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors -- The automobile and transportation -- New energy technologies -- Epilogue.