Energy
Surveys various sources of energy and the ways in which they have been harnessed.
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- ISBN: 0789455765
- Physical Description 64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color).
- Publisher New York : Dorling Kindersley, [2000]
- Copyright ©2000
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General Note: | "DK." "1st American edition, 1993"--T.p. verso. Includes index. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 19.95 |
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Table of Contents
Energy
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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What is energy? | p. 6 | |
Muscle energy | p. 8 | |
Energy from fire | p. 10 | |
Energy from wind and water | p. 12 | |
Potential energy | p. 14 | |
The energy of movement | p. 16 | |
Imponderable fluids | p. 18 | |
Heat energy | p. 20 | |
Electromagnetism | p. 22 | |
The conservation of energy | p. 24 | |
Thermodynamics | p. 26 | |
Steam energy | p. 28 | |
Energy for transport | p. 30 | |
Generating electricity | p. 32 | |
Energy in the home | p. 34 | |
Measuring energy | p. 36 | |
Energy for communication | p. 38 | |
Energy in waves | p. 40 | |
Energy in packets | p. 42 | |
Mass energy | p. 44 | |
Energy from the nucleus | p. 46 | |
Energy from the Sun | p. 48 | |
Photosynthesis | p. 50 | |
Energy from food | p. 52 | |
Fossil fuels | p. 54 | |
Energy on a global scale | p. 56 | |
Alternative energy | p. 58 | |
Making the most of energy | p. 60 | |
The origins and destiny of energy | p. 62 | |
Index | p. 64 |