New Sources of Energy and Power Tapa dura - 1980

London, UK: Muller, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. h/b 136 pages, condition is very good, the DJ has been price clipped. As available fossil fuels are fast being depleted, the search for alternative sources of energy and power becomes more and more crucial. The era of cheap oil has gone for ever; in its place we must look to resources such as the sun, the wind and the sea, as well as to wider use of the power of the atom. Understanding each alternative resource and how best to use it is difficult without some background information, which this book provides. After a short but comprehensive historical introduction it explains in detail the workings of such means of harnessing energy as new high-efficiency windmills, geothermal steam wells, tidal barrage generators, solar heating systems and nuclear reactors. Industrialized society would come to a standstill if our energy supplies dried up. To meet the vast demand, new sources of supply must be sought with increasing urgency, and here each of… Leer más

Muller. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

Frederick Muller Ltd; 2nd Revised edition, 1980. Pages: 136; Weight: 13.4oz; Size: 9.4" x 6.3" x 0.6". Jacket has light rubbing and edgewear, book cover is clean and square, inside clean, unmarked, tight.. Very Good. Hard Cover. . . .