Energy in Nature and Society: General Energetics of Complex Systems

by Vaclav Smil

Book Overview

A comprehensive, systematic, analytically unified, and interdisciplinary treatment of energy in nature and society, from solar radiation and photosynthesis to our fossil fuelled civilization and its environmental consequences.

Energy in Nature and Society is a systematic and exhaustive analysis of all the major energy sources, storages, flows, and conversions that have shaped the evolution of the biosphere and civilization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262693569
• ISBN13: 9780262693561
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 494 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher