Energy: Connecting Earth & Everyone
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2023
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Energy is necessary to do anything. We live in an era of unprecedented availability of energy sources that drive economies and make modern life possible and unprecedented uncertainty as policy decisions are being made and implemented.
We are all dependent on the Earth and Sun to provide the resources that enable our existence. It is time for us all to be much more conscious of our energy sources and how we can manage their use, enabling humans to thrive, with less harm to the environment.
Energy: Connecting Earth & Everyone is designed to be accessible to students taking a general education course on energy and the environment that may have varying learning styles to increase energy consciousness and knowledge.
The publication encompasses technologies, physics, economics, climatology, energy policy, pollution management, and much more. The chapters of the book are short, but provide enough detail to enable informed classroom discussion and debate of these timely topics.
A goal of this book is to have regular updates of data to remain current in this ever-changing world of energy choices and policies.
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CHAPTER 1. Becoming Energy Conscious
CHAPTER 2. The Physics of Work and Energy
CHAPTER 3. Thermal Physics
CHAPTER 4. Fossil Fuels and Their Environmental Impact
CHAPTER 5. Electricity and Its Distribution
CHAPTER 6. Solar Energy
CHAPTER 7. Wind Power
CHAPTER 8. Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Power
CHAPTER 9. Effects of Greenhouse Gases
CHAPTER 10: Living Sustainably
David Marx is a professor of physics at Illinois State University, where he has taught the energy and environment course for over 15 years. His PhD is in physics from Illinois Institute of Technology and BS in physics from University of Wisconsin-Parkside. David has studied energy, environment, and sustainability issues for more than thirty years. His research is in both basic materials science as well as applied materials. He was co-founder of the Center for Advanced Friction Studies at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.