Energy Science: Principles, Technologies, and Impacts

by Nick Jelley and John Andrews

Book Overview

Do renewable energy sources really provide a realistic alternative to fossil fuels? How does wind power compare to nuclear power, in terms of the energy it can generate? How do we get energy from the tides, and is it really a useful source of power?

Energy Science: Principles, Technologies, and Impacts integrates the science behind the key energy sources that are at our disposal today with the socioeconomic issues surrounding their use to give...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199281122
• ISBN13: 9780199281121
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.6" x 7.4"