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The simple physics of energy use / Peter Rez, Arizona State University, USA.

By: Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017Publisher: ©2017Edition: First EditionDescription: xii, 285 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198802297
  • 0198802293
  • 9780198802303
  • 0198802307
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.79 23
  • 537 23
LOC classification:
  • TJ163.2 .R495 2017
Contents:
Introduction -- Energy and society -- Part I Controlling the indoor environment : Buildings ; Electrical power generation : fossil fuels ; Nuclear power generation ; Electrical power distribution ; Electrical power generation : renewables--solar and wind ; Electrical power generation : hydroelectricity, tides, and pumped storage -- Part II Moving people and things around : Transportation : fuel energies ; Ground transportation : road and rail ; Air transportation ; Ground transportation : ships -- Part III Making stuff : Materials that come from the earth ; Agriculture--things that are grown ; Embodied energy and energy return on investment -- Summary : what should be done ?
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks TJ163.2 .R495 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001456259

Includes bibliographical references (page 279) and index.

Introduction -- Energy and society -- Part I Controlling the indoor environment : Buildings ; Electrical power generation : fossil fuels ; Nuclear power generation ; Electrical power distribution ; Electrical power generation : renewables--solar and wind ; Electrical power generation : hydroelectricity, tides, and pumped storage -- Part II Moving people and things around : Transportation : fuel energies ; Ground transportation : road and rail ; Air transportation ; Ground transportation : ships -- Part III Making stuff : Materials that come from the earth ; Agriculture--things that are grown ; Embodied energy and energy return on investment -- Summary : what should be done ?

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