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"This book explains the science and engineering of energy to help everyone understand and compare current and future advances in renewable energy, providing the context to critically examine the different technologies that are competing in a fast-evolving engineering, political, and economic landscape, to help drive the renewable energy transition"--
List of contents
PART I. Out with the Old; 1. Wood to Coal: A Short History of the Industrial Revolution; 2. Oil and Gas: Twentieth-Century Prosperity; 3. The Nuclear World: Atoms for Peace; PART II. In with the New; 4. Old to New: The Sun and all its Glory; 5. The Old becomes New Again: More Sustainable Energy; 6. Driving the Revolution: From Volta to Tesla and Back; PART III. Less is More; 7. Rethink, Rebuild, Rewire; Afterword; Appendix A: Unit abbreviations; Appendix B: Metric prefixes; Appendix C: Useful Acronyms; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; References; Index.
About the author
John K. White is a physicist, writer, and educator, who has worked in the engineering, science, and education fields in Canada, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Spain. He is the editor of the website E21NS (Energy in the 21st Century News Service) and author of Do The Math! On Growth, Greed, and Strategic Thinking (2013, Sage). He was a lecturer in the School of Physics, University College Dublin, and the Department of Education, University of Oviedo, where he taught courses in atomic physics, optics, and science education.
Summary
This book explains the science and engineering of energy to help everyone understand and compare current and future advances in renewable energy, providing the context to critically examine the different technologies that are competing in a fast-evolving engineering, political, and economic landscape, to help drive the renewable energy transition.
Foreword
This book provides everyone interested in driving the renewable energy transition with a foundation to understand modern energy technology.
