Electric Power Generation: A Nontechnical Guide

Unlike more technical texts stuffed with formulae and theories, this book explains in plain English how power is created and replaces formulae with everyday examples and easy-to-understand illustrations. 

Dave Barnett has more than 20 years experience as an electrical engineering technician and technical writer in the fields of electronics applications and design. He holds degrees in journalism and the humanities and is a former senior signal processing and system control designer for the leading high power UHF television transmitter manufacturer. He was also the engineer in charge of technical manual editing, publishing, and writing, and managed telecommunications for the company. He currently operates his own electronic consulting and manufacturing firm and works as an electronics tech for the Civil and Environmental Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Kirk Bjornsgaard has worked in the energy industry for 20 years as a media relations manager and consultant, and for 10 years as a journalist covering oil, gas, and electric power. He is currently editor in the Information Products Group at PennWell. He contributed a chapter on North America to the 1998 edition of PennWell's International Electric Power Encyclopedia, and continues to work as a journalist in Tulsa, OK.