Energy: the Power to Work

This book from the SISCON series looks at past discoveries about energy, electricity generation, the hazards of nuclear energy and as stocks of fossil fuels run down, uncertainties about alternative energy supply.

Chapters in this booklet are:

• Trying to understand - What is energy?, The earliest machines, Is power indestructible?, The first engines, Heat and electricity, Energy cannot be created or destroyed

• Useful kinds of energy - Changing heat into motive power, Generating electricity, The use of coal, Oil and natural gas, Nuclear power stations, Should we have more nuclear power?

• How energy affects our living - The uses of energy in Britain, In the home, Industry, Transport

• Our energy future - What can be done?, Solar energy, Wind and wave power, Geothermal energy

• Energy for less developed countries - World use of energy, Cooking and home lighting, Light industry and agriculture, Transport

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