Introduction to Energy: Resources, Technology, and Society - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521359414 ISBN 13 : 9780521359412

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1990

Synopsis

Explores energy issues and the benefits and problems technology has brought, reviewing modern energy technologies and discussing their philosophical and social implications with the aim of developing critical thinking about technology issues.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Energy issues such as pollution, resource depletion, global warming, nuclear power and waste are problems that demand timely solutions. This book provides a critical examination of the resources, market forces, and social impacts of modern energy production. The book addresses the dilemmas that have arisen due to society's crucial dependence on energy, particularly fossil fuels, and explores the available alternative energy producing technologies. The second edition has increased emphasis on those issues at the forefront of the current energy debate: energy sustainability, climate change, and the radical restructuring of the power industry due to de-regulation. Assuming no prior technical expertise and avoiding complex mathematical formulation, it is directed at a broad readership. The second edition will follow the first in proving especially useful as a textbook for undergraduate programs in Science, Technology and Society (STS), and as a supplementary text in a variety of courses which touch upon energy studies, including environmental and technology policy, environmental, mineral and business law, energy and resource economics.

Revue de presse

' This book more than achieves its aims as a multi-disciplinary textbook for a range of undergraduate students.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521359414
• ISBN 13: 9780521359412
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 350
• Éditeur: Cassedy Edward S., Grossman Peter Z.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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