Sources in Electrical History. 2. Oral History Collectio in U.S. Repositories
Author: Center for the History of Electrical Engineering
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 124
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Vaclav Smil
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2018-11-13
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13: 0262536161
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. "I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A History, he goes deep and broad to explain how innovations in humans' ability to turn energy into heat, light, and motion have been a driving force behind our cultural and economic progress over the past 10,000 years. —Bill Gates, Gates Notes, Best Books of the Year Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic conversion of solar energy into plant biomass. Humans have come to rely on many more energy flows—ranging from fossil fuels to photovoltaic generation of electricity—for their civilized existence. In this monumental history, Vaclav Smil provides a comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. Humans are the only species that can systematically harness energies outside their bodies, using the power of their intellect and an enormous variety of artifacts—from the simplest tools to internal combustion engines and nuclear reactors. The epochal transition to fossil fuels affected everything: agriculture, industry, transportation, weapons, communication, economics, urbanization, quality of life, politics, and the environment. Smil describes humanity's energy eras in panoramic and interdisciplinary fashion, offering readers a magisterial overview. This book is an extensively updated and expanded version of Smil's Energy in World History (1994). Smil has incorporated an enormous amount of new material, reflecting the dramatic developments in energy studies over the last two decades and his own research over that time.
Author: Benjamin Franklin
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Published: 1751
Total Pages: 102
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Prof. Adithya Ballaji
Publisher: REVA University
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book "Sources of Electrical Energy & it's Applications" is designed to be a supplemental study material for young students to learn basics of science including Evolution and Importance of Electricity: An Overview, Electrical Power Generation, conventional method of generating electricity, Renewable Sources of energy, Electrical flow from generating plant till home, Electrical Safety, Electrical home appliances used in daily life and to what extent we depend on electrical energy, Electric Circuit
Author: W. Bernard Carlson
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2024-02-09
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 3031445910
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book, drawing on fresh scholarship, investigates electrification in new places and across different time periods. While much of our understanding of electrification as a historical process is based on the seminal work done by Thomas P. Hughes in Networks of Power (1983), the scholars in this volume expand and revise Hughes’ systems approach to suggest that electrification is a heterogeneous and contingent process. Moreover, the contributors suggest that the conquest of the world by electricity remains incomplete despite more than a century elapsing. Above all, though, this book provides context for thinking about what lies ahead as humans continue their conquest of the earth through electricity. As we become increasingly dependent on electricity to power our lights, heat and cool our homes, turn the wheels of industry, and keep our information systems humming, so we are ever more vulnerable when the grid runs into trouble. Chapter "Surveying the Landscape: The Oil Industry and Alternative Energy in the 1970s" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.