Energies : (Record no. 73089)
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| fixed length control field | 02896nam a2200469 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 6267435 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20220712204704.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 151224s1998 maua ob 001 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780262283830 |
| -- | electronic |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
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| 082 00 - CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Call Number | 531/.6 |
| 100 1# - AUTHOR NAME | |
| Author | Smil, Vaclav, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Energies : |
| Sub Title | an illustrated guide to the biosphere and civilization / |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 1 PDF (xviii, 210 pages) : |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Energy is the only universal currency. One of its many forms must be transformed into another in order for stars to shine, planets to rotate, living things to grow, and civilizations to evolve. Recognition of this universality was one of the great achievements of nineteenth-century science, yet even today there is little literature that tries to view the world broadly through the prism of energy.In this highly original book, ecologist Vaclav Smil takes the principle of universality seriously, presenting a comprehensive and integrated survey of all the forms of energy that shape our world, from the sun to the human body, from bread to microchips. Written in a scientifically sophisticated yet accessible style, Energies consists of eighty-two short essays organized under six headings: Sun and Earth, Plants and Animals, People and Food, Preindustrial Societies, Fossil-Fueled Civilization, and Motion and Information. Each essay explains the science of the energy form as well as its implications for the functioning of the universe, life, or human society. Cross-links and summary diagrams allow easy comparisons among the various levels and flows of energy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--SUBJECT 1 | |
| General subdivision | Social aspects. |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=6267435 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | eBooks |
| 264 #1 - | |
| -- | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| -- | MIT Press, |
| -- | c1999. |
| 264 #2 - | |
| -- | [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : |
| -- | IEEE Xplore, |
| -- | [1998] |
| 336 ## - | |
| -- | text |
| -- | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - | |
| -- | electronic |
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| -- | online resource |
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| -- | Description based on PDF viewed 12/24/2015. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--SUBJECT 1 | |
| -- | Power resources |
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