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007224
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Publication |
Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2001.
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Description |
48pBlack Spine
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Energy for life
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Summary/Abstract |
An exploration of the role of fossil fuels in the world today. It covers the sources of coal, oil and natural gases and their changing utility. It also describes how fossil fuels damages the environment.
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Contents |
Ancient sunlight
Energy supply
Photosynthesis
From forests to fossil fuel
Sea-life energy
King coal
Discovering petroleum
Natural gas
Working in a coal mine
Searching for oil
Drilling for oil
Offshore operations
Oil strike!
Power stations
Moving the world
Fossil-fuelled flight
The environmental impact
Air pollution and climate change
Nonrenewable resources
Fuel wars
Fossil fuel statistics
Glossary
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0431146438 Pb.
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Circulation
Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location | IssuedTo | DueOn |
007671 | 333.82/SNE | Main | Issued | General | | EMP00422 | 04-Oct-2024 |
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ID:
007211
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Publication |
Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2001.
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Description |
48pBlack Spine
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Energy for life
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Summary/Abstract |
Introduces different forms of energy. Considers a range of energy transfers, including energy transfers through conduction, convection and radiation. Also explains about conservation of energy.
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Contents |
What is energy?
Ever-changing forms
Energy and movement
Thermodynamics
Entropy and the arrow of time
Perpetual motion
Zero energy
Heat flows
Heat engines
Chemical energy
Energy in the living world
Chains, webs and pyramids
Electrical energy
Electromagnetic spectrum
Waves
Packets of energy
Energy and mass
Nuclear energy
Fission and fusion
From nothingness to infinity
Measuring energy
Glossary
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0431146470 Pb.
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Circulation
Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
007673 | 333.79/SNE | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
007210
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Publication |
Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2001.
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Description |
48pBlack Spine
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Energy for life
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Summary/Abstract |
Explores the evolution of nuclear energy over the last hundred years and research in new areas such as nuclear fusion. It describes how nuclear power affects people and the environment such as the dangers of radioactive wastes.
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Contents |
Nuclear power? No thanks?
Inside the atom
Energy from the atom
Neutrons and chain reactions
Unlocking the atom
Uranium mining
Nuclear fuel productin
Inside a nuclear power station
Control and containment
Reactor systems
Fast breeders, fast movers
Spent fuel and reprocessing
Dealing with nuclear waste
Disposal dilemma
Radiation and life
Dosage and damage
Reactor accidents
Chernobyl and beyond
Nuclear future
Nuclear power - nuclear weapons
International Nuclear Event Scale
Chronology
Glossary
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0431146411 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
007672 | 333.7924/SNE | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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