Solar Energy Research: 1953 Symposium - Hardcover

Daniels, Farrington

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0299012506 ISBN 13: 9780299012502

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1955

Synopsis

Much of our present material prosperity depends on an abundant supply of coal, gas, and oil, which provide energy to operate our machines. These fossil fuels, like uranium, are limited in quantity and are essentially irreplaceable. Although the world will not suffer a shortage of fuel in our generation, we cannot blithely assume that our descendants can continue indefinitely to have all the fuel that they need. Rapidly increasing populations and the still more rapidly increasing demands for electricity and other forms of power throughout the world leave thoughtful people with an impression of solemn responsibility for the needs of future generations. Nearly 2,000 times as much energy as is needed for daily fuel requirements falls on the geographical area of the United States, the most energy-consuming country in the world. Although it is now difficult to make practical use of this sunlight, it is not impossible. The experimental field requires the co-operation of many sciences- chemistry, engineering, physics, meteorology, botany, and architecture, to cite only a few. This book spotlights present achievements and expected advancements in solar energy research and in its text and bibliography provides some of the help which scientists, engineers, and inventors need as a basis to advance fundamental knowledge in unpredictable directions. The results of present experimentation with solar energy may eventually change the living habits and work routines of many people. Homes heated with solar energy have been constructed experimentally, and solar air conditioning holds promise for the future. To exchange ideas about their research, a group of scientists met in 1953 for a symposium on solar energy organized by the University of Wisconsin and sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

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About the Author

The principal author and editor, Farrington Daniels, was a top nuclear scientist at the leadership of the Manhattan Project to develop the A-Bomb. After the conclusion of World War II, he switched over to the study of Solar Power because he recognized that nuclear power has the potential to evaporate the world. Farrington Daniels was born March 8, 1889 and died June 1972. He was succeeded by his son, Farrington Daniels, Jr., who was born September 29, 1918 and died November 12, 2002. John A. Duffie was born March 31, 1925 and died in Madison, Wisconsin on April 23, 2005.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 1955
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0299012506
• ISBN 13: 9780299012502
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 289