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Energy Resources: from Science to Society

By: WESLEY. REISSER,Wesley Reisser,Colin Reisser

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Energy Resources: from Science to Society

By: WESLEY. REISSER,Wesley Reisser,Colin Reisser

The global energy system and its future are central to understanding many of the key challenges faced by society today. From climate change to rising prices for commodities to Western interest in instability in the Middle East, energy resources touch our lives in many ways. Unfortunately,today's students are not well prepared to address these issues at their source: our continued use of dirty, inefficient, and destabilizing resources. Universities continue to prepare engineers to design and build power plants, and prepare geologists and geophysicists to search for and extractresources. However, there are few texts offered that provide a broad overview of the science and policy challenges associated with the extensive array of energy resources that make up the current global energy system.This textbook addresses this with a holistic approach to energy that covers both the science and social science issues of today's energy system in one text. It provides a simplified approach to the science of each energy resource, describing each step in the resource's history (formation,extraction/harvest, transport, energy generation, and transmission) in a manner that is accessible to students outside specialized fields such as engineering and physics, as their needs are more specialized and cannot be met in a text that is accessible for a broader range of students. Each resourcewould be discussed in both the U.S. and global context, in order to best illustrate the use of the resource on different scales. The global context is especially important to understand energy challenges that may differ from region to region, i.e. the difficulties associated with coal use in Chinaversus the United States. Following the scientific overview, each section of the text would then analyze the impacts of this energy resource on the environment, society, and politics.

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400

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Oxford University Press, USA

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ISBN 10

0190200499

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9780190200497

Marine Microbiology

Ecology & Applications

By: Colin B. Munn

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Marine Microbiology

Ecology & Applications

By: Colin B. Munn

The third edition of this bestselling text has been rigorously updated to reflect major new discoveries and concepts since 2011, especially progress due to extensive application of high-throughput sequencing, single cell genomics and analysis of large datasets. Significant advances in understanding the diversity and evolution of bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists, and viruses are discussed and their importance in marine processes is explored in detail. Now in full colour throughout, all chapters have been significantly expanded, with many new diagrams, illustrations and boxes to aid students’ interest and understanding. Novel pedagogy is designed to encourage students to explore current high-profile research topics. Examples include the impacts of rising CO2 levels on microbial community structure and ocean processes, interactions of microbes with plastic pollution, symbiotic interactions, and emerging diseases of marine life. This is the only textbook addressing such a broad range of topics in the specific area of marine microbiology, now a core topic within broader Marine Science degrees. A Companion Website provides additional online resources for instructors and students, including a summary of key concepts and terminology for each chapter, links to further resources, and flashcards to aid self-assessment.

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636

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CRC Press

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0429590423

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9780429590429

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History

The Black Experience in the Americas

By: Colin A. Palmer

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Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History

The Black Experience in the Americas

By: Colin A. Palmer

Contains primary source material.

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MacMillan Reference Library

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0028658205

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9780028658209

In His Own Words

Colin Powell

By: Colin L. Powell,Lisa Shaw,Lisa Rogak

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In His Own Words

Colin Powell

By: Colin L. Powell,Lisa Shaw,Lisa Rogak

A compilation of excerpts from speeches and interviews reflects the retired United States general's views on politics, war, social issues, and everyday life in America

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Perigee Trade

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0399522247

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9780399522246

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Energy Resources: from Science to Society

Energy Resources: from Science to Society

Marine Microbiology

Marine Microbiology

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History

In His Own Words

In His Own Words

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