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Oil and the Future of Energy: Climate Repair * Hydrogen * Nuclear Fuel * Renewable and Green Sources * Energy Efficiency

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With their impeccable reputation for top science reporting, the editors of Scientific American present influential information from the most important scientists and science writers in Oil and the Future of Energy. This one volume is an unparalleled resource on fossil fuels and the related geopolitics, climate change and climate repair, and energy options for the future, including hydrogen, nuclear power, renewable resources, and transitional strategies.

 

With contributions from leading writers, including W. Wayt Gibbs and Raymond Socolow, this book brings together the most authoritative and accessible science writing on a topic of intense public interest and concern to businesspeople,

investors, and all who care about the planet.

 

Scientific American, the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States, has been bringing its readers unique insights about developments in science and technology for more than 150 years. The magazine publishes nineteen foreign-language editions and has a total of more than one million copies in circulation worldwide.

 

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The editors at "Scientific American" bring together the most important and accessible science writing on the topic of intense public interest: oil. In addition to oil, writers cover carbon and climate change, hydrogen, nuclear power, conservation, renewable resources, and visionaries in the field today.

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The most important and accessible science writing on a topic of intense public interest and concern: oil and the future of energy.

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Scientific American, the oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S., has been bringing its readers unique insights about developments in science and technology for more than 150 years. The magazine publishes fifteen foreign-language editions and has a total of more than 1,000,000 copies in circulation worldwide.

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ISBN:
9781599211176
Subtitle:
Climate Repair * Hydrogen * Nuclear Fuel * Renewable and Green Sources * Energy Efficiency
Author:
Scientific American
Editor:
Scientific American Magazine
Editor:
The Editors of Scientific American Magazine
Editor:
The Editors of Scientific American Magaz
Editor:
Editors of Scientific American Magazine
Publisher:
Lyons Press
Subject:
General
Subject:
Energy
Subject:
Natural Resources
Subject:
Petroleum
Subject:
General Current Events
Subject:
Power Resources
Subject:
Energy industries
Subject:
Global warming
Publication Date:
June 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
239
Dimensions:
9.13x7.58x.59 in. 1.07 lbs.
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