The Energy of Nature /

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Energy is crucial for events of every kind, in this world or any other. Without energy, nothing would ever happen. Nothing would move and there would be no life. The sun wouldn't shine, winds wouldn't blow, rivers wouldn't flow, trees wouldn't grow, birds wouldn't fly, and f...

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Autor principal: Pielou, E. C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2008]
Temas:
SCIENCE / General.
natural world, outdoors, academic, scholarly, research, science, scientific, interdisciplinary, disciplines, earth, sciences, naturalist, physics, chemistry, biology, erosion, mountains, chemical, bonds, nuclear, earthquake, volcano, sun, solar, electromagnetic, waves, illustrated, illustrations, college, university, higher ed, energetics, ocean, atmosphere, wind, sea, seismic.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Some Notes on Scientific Notation
  • 1.Energy Is Everywhere
  • 2. What Is Energy? Some Preliminary Physics
  • 3. Energy and Its Ultimate Fate
  • 4. Solar Energy and the Upper Atmosphere
  • 5. Energy in the Lower Atmosphere: The Weather Near the Ground
  • 6. The Sun, the Wind, and the Sea
  • 7. The Energy of Ocean Waves
  • 8. The Energy of the Tides
  • 9. How Surface Energy Shapes the Land
  • 10. Chemical Energy
  • 11. Energy Enters the Biosphere
  • 12. Further Travels of Energy in the Biosphere
  • 13. The Warmth of the Earth: Nuclear Reactions Sustain All Life
  • 14. The Earth's Internal Energy
  • 15. How the Earth Sheds Its Warmth
  • 16. Electromagnetic Energy
  • 17. Wave Energy: Sound Waves and Seismic Waves
  • 18. Wave Energy: Electomagnetic Waves
  • 19. How Energy Is Used
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Index

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