Power Density
A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses
$85.22
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2016
Summary
The first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of power densities of renewable energy flows, fossil fuels, and all common energy uses.“There’s no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.”-Bill GatesIn this book, Vaclav Smil argues that power density is a key determinant of the nature and dynamics of energy systems. Any understanding of complex energy systems must rely on quantitative measures of many fundamental variables. Power den…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262529730 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262529734 |
| Author: | Vaclav Smil |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2016 |
| Weight: | 436g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Power Density |
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About The Author
Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of forty books, including Energy and Civilization, published by the MIT Press. In 2010 he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. In 2013 Bill Gates wrote on his website that “there is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.”
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