Sources of Power
Author: Gary A. Klein
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780262611466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn overview of naturalistic decision making, which views people as inherently skilled and experienced.
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Author: Gary A. Klein
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780262611466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn overview of naturalistic decision making, which views people as inherently skilled and experienced.
Author: Manfred Weissenbacher
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2009-09-30
Total Pages: 940
ISBN-13: 0313356270
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA landmark book rolls out a bold, new, energy-based theory of human history based on a simple, yet powerful law: whoever controls the world's effective energy supplies during a given energy age will inevitably dominate the economic, political, and cultural history of that age. The innovative theory articulated in Sources of Power: How Energy Forges Human History parses history into four ages: the foraging, agriculture, coal, and oil ages, each defined by the dominant source of power. Manfred Weissenbacher tests this sweeping theory against the panorama of world history, combining formidable powers of synthesis with a specialist's deep understanding of energy systems and technologies. After proving the operation of his law through history and into the present, Weissenbacher applies it to global geopolitical trends. He assesses the prospects of the various candidate technologies to succeed oil and charts future scenarios based on the distribution of energy reserves. Finally, he forecasts the fates of the American and Chinese empires in the twilight of the oil age: the United States as a mature superpower forced to deploy military might to occupy oilfields in the Middle East; China as an emerging superpower forced to deploy economic might to muscle in on the development of Third World oilfields.
Author: Michael Mann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-09-24
Total Pages: 845
ISBN-13: 1107031184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis second volume deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War.
Author: Michael Mann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1986-04-30
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780521313490
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDistinguishing four sources of power in human societies - ideological, economic, military and political - 'The Sources of Social Power' traces their interrelations throughout human history. Volume 2 deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War.
Author: Vaclav Smil
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2015-06-05
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 0262326930
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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 Gates In 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 density—the rate of energy flux per unit of area—is an important but largely overlooked measure. Smil provides the first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of the power densities of renewable energy flows, fossil fuels, thermal electricity generation, and all common energy uses. Smil shows that careful quantification, critical appraisals, and revealing comparisons of power densities make possible a deeper understanding of the ways we harness, convert, and use energies. Conscientious assessment of power densities, he argues, proves particularly revealing when contrasting the fossil fuel–based energy system with renewable energy conversions. Smil explains that modern civilization has evolved as a direct expression of the high power densities of fossil fuel extraction. He argues that our inevitable (and desirable) move to new energy arrangements involving conversions of lower-density renewable energy sources will require our society—currently dominated by megacities and concentrated industrial production—to undergo a profound spatial restructuring of its energy system.
Author: Tom Fred Tenney
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 0768450004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you are dissatisfied with your life and long for the power of God to be manifested in you, then now is the time. Take the keys and open the door to Secret Sources of Power!
Author: James L. Kirtley
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2011-07-05
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 1119957443
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis innovative approach to the fundamentals of electric power provides the most rigorous, comprehensive and modern treatment available. To impart a thorough grounding in electric power systems, it begins with an informative discussion on per-unit normalizations, symmetrical components and iterative load flow calculations. Covering important topics within the power system, such as protection and DC transmission, this book looks at both traditional power plants and those used for extracting sustainable energy from wind and sunlight. With classroom-tested material, this book also presents: the principles of electromechanical energy conversion and magnetic circuits; synchronous machines - the most important generators of electric power; power electronics; induction and direct current electric motors. Homework problems with varying levels of difficulty are included at the end of each chapter, and an online solutions manual for tutors is available. A useful Appendix contains a review of elementary network theory. For senior undergraduate and postgraduate students studying advanced electric power systems as well as engineers re-training in this area, this textbook will be an indispensable resource. It will also benefit engineers in electronic power systems, power electronic systems, electric motors and generators, robotics and mechatronics. www.wiley.com/go/kirtley_electric
Author: Marty Brown
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2011-04-08
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 0080556574
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNewnes has worked with Marty Brown, a leader in the field of power design to select the very best design-specific material from the Newnes portfolio. Marty selected material for its timelessness, its relevance to current power supply design needs, and its real-world approach to design issues. Special attention is given to switching power supplies and their design issues, including component selection, minimization of EMI, toroid selection, and breadboarding of designs. Emphasis is also placed on design strategies for power supplies, including case histories and design examples. This is a book that belongs on the workbench of every power supply designer! *Marty Brown, author and power supply design consultant, has personally selected all content for its relevance and usefulness *Covers best design practices for switching power supplies and power converters *Emphasis is on pragmatic solutions to commonly encountered design problems and tasks
Author: Robert S Ball
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Published: 2019-04-02
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781011922406
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Charles E. Dwyer
Publisher: Amer College of Physician
Published: 1992-06-01
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780924674129
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