About this title: Human survival depends on a continuing energy supply, but the need for ever-increasing amounts of energy poses a dilemma: How can we provide the benefits of energy to the population of the globe without damaging the environment, negatively affecting social stability, or threatening the well-being of future generations? The solution will lie in finding sustainable energy sources and more efficient means of converting and utilizing energy. This textbook is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as others who have an interest in exploring energy resource options and ...
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Description: Fair. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: SOME ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: YES ] Publisher: The MIT Press Pub Date: 7/1/2005 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 870. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MIT Press, Cambridge, MA USA
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780262201537ISBN:0262201534
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Slightly shelfworn copy with strong binding, complete text, and no highlighting or underlining. Does show some mild scuffing to covers, very light edge and corner bumps, and small publisher mark on page adge. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 8 x 10, 870 pp. Contains: Illustrations. Human survival depends on a continuing energy supply, but the need for ever-increasing amounts of energy poses a dilemma: How can we provide the benefits of energy to the ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The MIT Press (July 1, 2005)
ISBN-13:9780262201537ISBN:0262201534
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: MIT PR
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780262201537ISBN:0262201534
Description: New. Human survival depends on a continuing energy supply, but the need for ever-increasing amounts of energy poses a dilemma: How can we provide the benefits of energy to the population of the globe without damaging the environment, negatively affecting... read more
"This book comes from MIT, and it seems that the five authors split up the topics and wrote each of the chapters independently, just throwing them together at the end. The information is good, but there is no transistion from one topic to another, and often multiple chapters will present portions of the same information."
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