Handbook of Energy
Chronologies, Top Ten Lists, and Word Clouds
- 1st Edition - December 6, 2013
- Latest edition
- Authors: Cutler J. Cleveland, Christopher G. Morris
- Language: English
Handbook of Energy, Volume II: Chronologies, Top Ten Lists, and Word Clouds draws together a comprehensive account of the energy field from the prestigious and award-winning author… Read more
Handbook of Energy, Volume II: Chronologies, Top Ten Lists, and Word Clouds draws together a comprehensive account of the energy field from the prestigious and award-winning authors of the Encyclopedia of Energy (2004), The Dictionary of Energy, Expanded Edition (2009), and the Handbook of Energy, Volume I (2013).Handbook of Energy, Volume II takes the wealth of information about historical aspects of energy spread across many books, journals, websites, disciplines, ideologies, and user communities and synthesizes the information in one central repository. This book meets the needs of a diverse readership working in energy, and serves as a vital method of communication among communities including colleges and universities, nongovernmental organizations, government agencies, consulting firms and research institutes of energy, environmental, and public policy issues.
- Interdisciplinary coverage appropriate for scientists in environmental sciences, social and natural sciences, and engineering
- Top Ten lists, written by prominent subject experts, provide personal reflections on key issues
- Chronologies covering 40 different subject areas provide all the significant events in a given field from the geologic past to the present day
Libraries of colleges/universities, non-governmental organizations, government agencies, consulting firms, research institutes of energy, environmental, and public policy issues, Academics, undergraduate/graduate students, research scientists who study energy, business corporations, professional firms, government agencies, foundations, other groups whose activities relate to energy
PrefacePART I: SourcesIntroductionSection 1. BioenergeticsChronologyTop TenWord CloudSection 2. BiomassChronologySection 3. HydropowerChronologyTop TenSection 4. WindChronologyTop TenSection 5. CoalChronologyWord CloudSection 6. OilChronologyTop TenWord CloudSection 7. Oil SandsChronologySection 8. Natural GasChronologyTop TenSection 9. Manufactured GasChronologySection 10. ElectricityChronologyTop TenSection 11. NuclearChronologyTop TenWord CloudSection 12. AlternativesChronologySection 13. RenewablesChronologySection 14. SolarChronologyTop TenSection 15. PhotovoltaicsChronologyTop TenSection 16. GeothermalChronologySection 17. HydrogenChronologySection 18. Fuel CellsChronologyTop TenSection 19. Ocean EnergyChronologyPART II: FoundationsIntroductionSection 20. ThermodynamicsChronologyTop TenWord CloudSection 21. PhysicsChronologyWord CloudsSection 22. ChemistryChronologyWord CloudsSection 23. Earth ScienceChronologyTop TenSection 24. MeasurementChronologySection 25. ConceptsChronologyTop TenPART III: ApplicationsIntroductionSection 26. ConsumptionChronologyTop TenWord CloudsSection 27. ConversionChronologyTop TenSection 28. EfficiencyChronologyTop TenSection 29. StorageChronologyTop TenSection 30. MaterialsChronologySection 31. Devices and ToolsChronologySection 32. AgricultureChronologyTop TenSection 33. MiningChronologySection 34. Transportation, LandChronologyTop TenSection 35. Transportation, WaterChronologySection 36. Transportation, AirChronologySection 37. LightingChronologyTop TenSection 38. HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning)ChronologySection 39. RefrigerationChronologyTop TenSection 40. CommunicationChronologyTop TenPART IV: ImpactsIntroductionSection 41. Depletion and ShortagesChronologyWord CloudsSection 42. Wars and ConflictsChronologyWord CloudSection 43. Health and SafetyChronologyTop TenWord CloudSection 44. EnvironmentChronologyNotable Air Pollution DisastersTen Most Significant Oil SpillsWord CloudSection 45. Climate ChangeChronologyTop TenWord CloudsSection 46. EcologyChronologyWord CloudSection 47. TransitionsChronologyPART V: CorrelationsIntroductionSection 48. EconomicsChronologyTop TenSection 49. BusinessChronologyTop TenSection 50. OrganizationsChronologyWord CloudSection 51. PolicyChronologyTop TenWord CloudSection 52. Social IssuesChronologyWord CloudSection 53. Public AttitudesChronologyWord Cloud
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: December 6, 2013
- Language: English
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Cutler J. Cleveland
Cutler J. Cleveland is the Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Boston University, where he also holds the position of Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment. Dr. Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier Science, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, Editor-in-Chief of the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier Science, in press) and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Ecological Economics. Dr. Cleveland is a member of the American Statistical Association’s Committee on Energy Statistics, an advisory group to the Department of Energy, and a participant in the Stanford Energy Modeling Forum. He has been a consultant to numerous private and public organizations, including the Asian Development Bank, Charles River Associates, the Technical Research Centre of Finland, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the MacArthur Foundation have supported his research. Dr. Cleveland’s research focuses on the ecological-economic analysis of how energy and materials are used to meet human needs. His research employs the use of econometric models of oil supply, natural resource scarcity, and the relation between the use of energy and natural resources and economic systems. Dr. Cleveland publishes in journals such as Nature, Science, Ecological Modeling, Energy, The Energy Journal, The Annual Review of Energy, Resource and Energy Economics, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, the Canadian Journal of Forest Research, and Ecological Economics. He has won publication awards from the International Association of Energy Economics and the National Wildlife Federation.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Boston University, MA, USACM
Christopher G. Morris
Christopher Morris is owner of Morris Books and a professional lexicographer who has edited more than 20 different dictionaries on a wide variety of subjects. He is editor in chief of the award-winning Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology, which provides the largest vocabulary of science yet compiled and features special essays by 120 eminent scientists, including nine Nobel laureates. He served as chief editor of the Macmillan school dictionary series, which includes several of the largest-selling educational dictionaries in U.S. history. He has also been an author of school and college textbooks and has compiled many different scientific glossaries, for fields such as ecology, endocrinology, microbiology, oncology, reproductive biology, and toxicology. He and Cutler Cleveland previously collaborated on the Encyclopedia of Energy, winner of an American Library Association award, for which Dr. Cleveland was editor in chief and he served as chief development editor.
Affiliations and expertise
Lexicographer, Morris Books, Escondido, CA, USARead Handbook of Energy on ScienceDirect