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Energy and the Environment
Fay, James A.; Golomb, Daniel
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Description for Energy and the Environment
Hardback. Series: Mit-Pappalardo Series in Mechanical Engineering. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 190 x 3. .
Now thoroughly updated in its second edition, Energy and the Environment: Scientific and Technological Principles addresses a central problem of urban-industrial society--the interconnectedness of energy usage and environmental degradation--by examining how the rapidly growing use of energy threatens the natural environment at local, regional, and global scales. Authors James A. Fay and Dan S. Golomb describe fossil, nuclear, and renewable energy technologies and explain their efficiencies for transforming source energy to useful mechanical or electrical power. In particular, they emphasize electric power and the use of transportation vehicles, whose technological improvements increase energy efficiency and reduce air pollutant emissions. ... Read more
Now thoroughly updated in its second edition, Energy and the Environment: Scientific and Technological Principles addresses a central problem of urban-industrial society--the interconnectedness of energy usage and environmental degradation--by examining how the rapidly growing use of energy threatens the natural environment at local, regional, and global scales. Authors James A. Fay and Dan S. Golomb describe fossil, nuclear, and renewable energy technologies and explain their efficiencies for transforming source energy to useful mechanical or electrical power. In particular, they emphasize electric power and the use of transportation vehicles, whose technological improvements increase energy efficiency and reduce air pollutant emissions. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Series
Mit-Pappalardo Series in Mechanical Engineering
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199765133
SKU
V9780199765133
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99-20
About Fay, James A.; Golomb, Daniel
James A. Fay is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dan S. Golomb is Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
Reviews for Energy and the Environment
"In its particular niche this is the best book of which I am aware. I would like to compliment the authors for their concise and sure-handed discussion of a host of difficult topics."
Russ Houldin, University of Toronto "The strength of this book may lie in the fact that it presents concise and accurate information with very well-organized chapters covering almost ... Read more
Russ Houldin, University of Toronto "The strength of this book may lie in the fact that it presents concise and accurate information with very well-organized chapters covering almost ... Read more