Energy or Extinction?

ISBN-13: 9781032664071 / Twarda / 2023 / 102 str.

Fred Hoyle

Opis

Originally published in 1977 and as second edition in 1979, this book argues that without energy sources on a vast scale our present society cannot survive. According to the author, Fred Hoyle, the technology to tap solar, wind or wave power on a large enough scale just does not exist.

Spis treści

Introduction. 1. The Anti-Nuclear Environmentalists 2. Stars and Atoms 3. Energy 4. Energy Availability: Non-Nuclear Sources 5. Energy Availability: Nuclear Sources 6. The Safety of Nuclear Energy.

O autorze

Fred Hoyle was one of the 20th Century's great scientific thinkers. He was Plumian Professor at Cambridge 1957 – 1972 and founder director of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Cambridge 1967-1972.