energy, sources of: Bibliography

See G. R. Harrison, The Conquest of Energy (1968); F. Barnaby, Man and the Atom: The Uses of Nuclear Energy (1971); W. G. Steltz and A. M. Donaldson, Aero-Thermodynamics of Steam Turbines (1981); T. N. Veziroglu, ed., Alternative Sources of Energy (1983 and 1985) and Renewable Energy Sources (Vol. 4, 1984); G. L. Johnson, Wind Energy Systems (1985).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• The Search for New Sources of Energy
• Environmental Considerations
• Nuclear Energy
• Electrical Energy
• Heat Energy
• Chemical and Mechanical Energy
• Types of Energy
• Bibliography

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