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The science of energy / Roger G. Newton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newton, Roger G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Renewable energy sources.
- Energy consumption--Environmental aspects.
- Energy consumption.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (111 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book aims to describe the scientific concepts of energy. Accessible to readers with no scientific education beyond high-school chemistry, it starts with the basic notion of energy and the fundamental laws that govern it, such as conservation, and explains the various forms of energy, such as electrical, chemical, and nuclear. It then proceeds to describe ways in which energy is stored for very long times in the various fossil fuels (petroleum, gas, coal) as well as for short times (flywheels, pumped storage, batteries, fuel cells, liquid hydrogen). The book also discusses the modes of tra
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1. Work from Heat and The Basic Laws; Energy in Classical Mechanics; Heat and the Conservation Law; The Second Law of Thermodynamics; Einstein's E=mc2; Notes; 2. Electrical and Chemical Energy; Electrical Energy; Chemical Energy; Notes; 3. Nuclear Energy; Radioactivity; Nuclear Fission; Nuclear Fusion; What Makes the Sun Shine; Energy in the stars; Notes; 4. Energy in Quantum Mechanics; Discrete Energy Levels; Quantum Jumps and Spectra; Notes; 5. Storing and Transporting Energy; Long-term Energy Storage; Short-term Energy Storage; Flywheels
- Pumped StorageBatteries; Liquid Hydrogen; Fuel Cells; Energy Transport; Notes; 6. Energy in the Universe; Notes; Epilogue; Appendix: Research on Energy; Battery Technology; Other Energy Projects; Illustration Credits; References and Further Reading; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613906212
- 9781283593762
- 1283593769
- 9789814401203
- 981440120X
- OCLC:
- 810414737
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