LEADER 04865nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910784539003321 005 20230810055511.0 010 $a1-280-62169-9 010 $a9786610621699 010 $a0-08-045723-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000365258 035 $a(EBL)269611 035 $a(OCoLC)290715531 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000071735 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11107325 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000071735 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10091068 035 $a(PQKB)10255488 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC269611 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL269611 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10137943 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL62169 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000365258 100 $a20050307d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDictionary of energy$b[electronic resource] /$feditors-in-chief, Cutler J. Cleveland, Christopher Morris 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aSan Diego, CA ;$aOxford $cElsevier$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (520 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-08-044578-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aDictionary of Energy; Special Essays on Important Energy Terms; acid rain (p. 4); agriculture (p. 9); alternative fuel (p. 14); battery (p. 34); biomass (p. 42); blackout (p. 45); boiler (p. 48); bomb calorimeter (p. 49); boom and bust (p. 50); Calvin cycle (p. 61); cap and trade (p. 62); carbon (p. 64); carbon sequestration (p. 67); climate change (p. 79); coal (p. 82); combustion (p. 88); DDT (p. 108); distributed energy (p. 121); ecological energetics (p. 129); ecological footprint (p. 130); elasticity (p. 134); emergy (p. 139); endotherm (p. 142); energy (concept of) (p. 143) 327 $aenergy conservation (p. 143)energy-GDP ratio (p. 145); energy transitions (p. 146); entropy (p. 148); environmental Kuznets curve (p. 150); exergy (p. 156); experience curve (p. 157); fossil energy power plant (p. 172); fuel cell (p. 176); fuel economy (p. 177); general circulation model (p. 184); Ghawar (p. 188); Gibbs free energy (p. 189); global warming (p. 191); green certificate (p. 195); greenhouse gas (p. 196); heat (p. 202); horsepower (p. 212); Hubbert curve (p. 214); hydrogen (p. 218); industrial ecology (p. 226); Industrial Revolution (p. 227); input-output analysis (p. 229) 327 $ainternal-combustion engine (p. 232)IPAT equation (p. 234); Jevons' paradox (p. 239); Krebs cycle (p. 244); Kyoto Protocol (p. 245); levelized cost (p. 252); light (p. 253); longwall mining (p. 261); lunar-solar power (p. 264); market-based instrument (p. 270); market failure (p. 271); Mauna Loa curve (p. 273); natural capital (p. 291); natural gas (p. 292); net energy (p. 295); NIMBY (p. 298); nongovernmental organization (p. 301); ocean energy (p. 306); oil crises (p. 309); oil sand (p. 310); oil spill (p. 311); OPEC (p. 312); Otto cycle (p. 316); passive solar energy (p. 322) 327 $apeak oil (p. 324)peat (p. 325); perpetual motion (p. 327); photosynthesis (p. 332); primary energy (p. 346); quantum theory (p. 354); radiation (p. 357); recycling (p. 366); refrigeration (p. 369); renewable portfolio standard (p. 372); resource curse (p. 375); restructuring (p. 376); R-value (p. 383); seismic exploration (p. 391); smog (p. 400); sociopolitical collapse (p. 401); solar cell (p. 404); solar thermal energy (p. 408); strip mining (p. 424); supertanker (p. 431); synthetic fuel (p. 434); technological innovation (p. 437); temperature scales (p. 439); thermodynamics (p. 445) 327 $atidal energy (p. 449)turbine (p. 460); uranium (p. 467); vertical integration (p. 474); waste-to-energy (p. 478); wells-to-wheels (p. 482); wind farm (p. 486); wood energy (p. 488) 330 $aAt a time when the topic of energy prices, resources and environmental impacts are at the forefront of news stories and political discussions, we are pleased to announce the publication of the exciting new Dictionary of Energy. This authoritative resource, called ""an essential reference for energy researchers"" by Mark Jaccard, Director of the Energy and Materials Research Group at Simon Fraser University, covers all aspects of energy and its role in society. * Over 8,000 definitions spanning 40 scientific disciplines* More than 100 'window essays' written 606 $aPower resources$vDictionaries 606 $aNatural resources 615 0$aPower resources 615 0$aNatural resources. 676 $a333.7903 701 $aCleveland$b Cutler J$0269272 701 $aMorris$b Chris$01528689 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784539003321 996 $aDictionary of energy$93772516 997 $aUNINA