Unstoppable : harnessing science to change the world
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250109446 (trade paperback)
- ISBN: 9781250007148 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: viii, 341 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St Martin's Press, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | We've got the whole world in our hands -- The call to greatness -- A hothouse of disbelief -- Putting a price on inaction -- Inputs and feedbacks -- Thermodynamics and you -- Fighting global warming with...bubbles? -- Talkin' 'bout our electrical energy generation -- Stop the burn- don't frack that gas -- Nuclear energy: too cheap to meter...again -- One more reactor (no, make it two) -- Power of the Sun -- Is the answer blowing in the wind? -- Down to the wire -- Let's transform the grid -- Dude, where's my battery pack? -- Quest for storage -- Bottling sunshine with moonshine? -- NASCAR- a catalyst for change -- Got to get moving on moving -- Moving our masses -- Rise of the taxipod, robotruck, and bioplane -- The water-energy connection -- Time to get the salt out -- Feeding the world -- Bringing is all back home to Bill's house -- ¿Quién es más verde- or, Keeping up with the Begleys -- Bill and Ed get into hot water -- The tap is off and the garden is green -- The case for space -- Building a better rocket equation -- Do humans have a destiny in space? -- Setting a fair price for a better planet -- The unstoppable species. |
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Subject: | Global warming Climatic changes Climate change mitigation Power resources Energy consumption |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Terrace Public Library | 363.7387 NYE (Text) | 35151001018183 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |