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Lights On! : The Science of Power Generation.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (264 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421409979
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lights On!DDC classification:
  • 621.31
LOC classification:
  • TK1041 .D46 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Newton's Legacy -- 2 What All the World Wants -- 3 The Vital Spark -- 4 Old King Coal -- 5 The Seven Sisters-Old and New -- 6 Water, Water, Everywhere -- 7 Too Cheap to Meter -- 8 Here Comes the Sun -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: For those who wish to delve deeper into the science, a technical appendix provides estimations for a variety of power generators.Anyone who is interested in how energy works and how it is transformed to power our lives will get a charge out of Lights On!.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Newton's Legacy -- 2 What All the World Wants -- 3 The Vital Spark -- 4 Old King Coal -- 5 The Seven Sisters-Old and New -- 6 Water, Water, Everywhere -- 7 Too Cheap to Meter -- 8 Here Comes the Sun -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

For those who wish to delve deeper into the science, a technical appendix provides estimations for a variety of power generators.Anyone who is interested in how energy works and how it is transformed to power our lives will get a charge out of Lights On!.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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