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Synopsis
This three-volume set introduces researchers to issues surrounding both current energy sources and alternative energy options. While there is significant discussion of the non-renewable resources now used to meet the majority of the world's energy needs (oil, coal and natural gas), the primary focus of the set is on newer options to meet the ever-growing demand. These options include wind and solar energy, fuel cells, hydropower, geothermal power and biomass energy. In addition, more theoretical sources are also explored, including cold fusion, zero point energy and universal forces. Entries discuss the science behind the energy source, notable scientists and scientific discoveries, current examples of use, and the issues, challenges and obstacles to large-scale use. Arranged alphabetically by entry name.
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"The editors ably achieve their goal of showing students the connections between science and people's lives in the nineteenth century, thus helping to make both science and history more relevant to their own."
-- ARBA (2002) (ARBA 20030201)
"These volumes offer a perspective on how scientific discoveries and research in Europe and North America have influenced Western society... students who need to begin to explore the impact on society of 20th century scientific discoveries will find these volumes useful..."
-- Choice (February 2003) (Choice 20030201)
"Although there are many science resources for students at the middle school level and up, this one offers a refreshing perspective. The UXL set fits in perfectly with the curricula and should be on the A list for purchase by most school and public libraries."
-- Booklist (February 2003) (Booklist )
"This companion to Science, Technology, and Society: The Impact of Science throughout History 2000 BC through the 18th Century and Science, Technology, and Society: The Impact of Science in the 19th Century is likely to be the most popular of the lot... There are see references throughout and each chapter closes with source lists and useful suggestions for research topics. The detailed index reprinted at the end of each volume makes quick reference a snap. ...This, with its companions, makes a stimulating, accessible alternative to the more gadget-oriented approach in Rudi Volti's Facts on File Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Society."
--School Library Journal (February 2003) (School Library Journal )
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When U.S. gas prices went way over three dollars per gallon this past summer, many of us wondered what could be done to rein in consumption of fossil fuels and to develop alternative energy sources. This set objectively presents many of the issues and challenges involved in using new and existing energy sources.
Three slim volumes each begin with a common introduction, overview, and glossary ("Words to Know" such as balneology, E85, Trombe wall) and end with a list of sources and a set index (where Mekong is misspelled). Eight chapters focus on specific energy sources ("Fossil Fuels," "Bioenergy," "Geothermal Energy," "Hydrogen," "Nuclear Energy," "Solar Energy," "Water Energy," and "Wind Energy"), and the last two identify the need for conservation and future and theoretical energy sources.
Chapters range from 30 to 50 pages, with lots of background on scientists who developed the technology, benefits and drawbacks, economic and societal impacts, and illustrations of use in different parts of the world. Examples give a global view. Color photos, diagrams, and sidebars are informative and attractive and add to the user's understanding. A list of sources--books, journal articles, and Web sites, mostly dated 2000 through summer 2005--is found at the end of each chapter.
Although there should be page numbers or chapter numbers on each spine and cover, the set is well-organized and clearly written and will be used in middle- and high-school libraries. Susan Gooden
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- PublisherUXL
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0787694401
- ISBN 13 9780787694401
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages720
- EditorNeil Schlager, Jayne Weisblatt
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