Cover; Half Title Page ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Contents ; Preface; Chapter 1 Energy Today; 1.1 An Energy Primer; 1.2 Energy For Pedestrians; Definitions and equivalences; Energy, food, and man; 1.3 From Source To Consumption; 1.4 Energy And Risks; Hazards in the real world; Acid rain in the greenhouse; Chapter 2 Energy in Mankind's Evolution; 2.1 Energy In The Universe; Big Bang and fusion; Supernovae and fission; The sun and fossil fuels; 2.2 Energy On Earth; Early uses of energy; The industrial revolution; 2.3 Energy In The Atom
From Greek philosophers to neutronsThe advent of nuclear .fission; Chapter 3 Nuclear Fission Energy; 3.1 The Fission Source; Nuclear electricity today; The reactor; 3.2 Fuel Cycle; Fission fuel; Radioactive waste; 3.3 Safety Aspects; Myth and reality; Weapons-proliferation problem; Chapter 4 Energy Tomorrow; 4.1 Spaceship Earth; 4.2 The Quest For New Energy Sources; 4.3 Energy Conservation; Cogeneration; Heat pump; 4.4 Solar Energy; Photovoltaic conversion; Photochemical processes; Heliothermal processes; 4.5 Advanced Nuclear Fission; Chapter 5 Energy: The Future
5.1 Strategic Options And Choices5.2 Bottled Energy; 5.3 Fusion Energy Forever; Controlled nuclear fusion; The thermonuclear process; Magnetically confined reactor; References; Subject Index
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Originally published in 1986 by Gordon and Breach Science Publishers
