Energy, Ecology, and the Environment

London: Academic Press , 1974. First UK edition. Paperback. Good +. Comprehensive study of how the extraction of the sources of energy, and the methods of harnessing and utilizing energy, can adversely effect the ecology and environment of our world. Provides insights into how physicists and engineers approach problems, and challenges the reader to estimate environmental effects of courses of action based on information given in the text. A scholarly yet readable approach to pollution issues. Size, 27.5 x 20.5cm, 353 pages, preface, worksheets, technical notes, illustrated with b&w photos, graphs, charts and sketches. Pictorial card covers, showing some light shelf wear to edges and signature inside front cover, otherwise better than Good. Internally, Good+: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings.