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Chapter 1. Energy Fundamentals, Energy Use in an Industrial
Society.
Chapter 2. The Fossil Fuels.
Chapter 3. Heat Engines.
Chapter 4. Renewable Energy Sources I: Solar Energy.
Chapter 5. Renewable Energy Sources II: Alternatives.
Chapter 6. The Promise and Problems of Nuclear Energy.
Chapter 7. Energy Conservation.
Chapter 8. Transportation.
Chapter 9. Air Pollution.
Chapter 10. Global Effects.
Epilogue: Looking Ahead.
Appendix A: Linear Plots, Semilogarithmic Plots, and
Exponential
Growth.
Appendix B: Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin Temperature
Scales.
Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter Problems.
Index.
Robert A. Ristinen is a retired Professor pf Physics at the
University of Colorado in Boulder. Since 1974, he has taught
the
Energy and Environment course several times. Ristinen is a
Former
Chair of the University Energy Conservation Committee and has
served for many years as Chair of the University's Radiation
Safety
Committee.
Jack J. Kraushaar is a retired Professor of Physics at the
University of Colorado in Boulder. He started teaching the
course
on Energy and the Environment in 1971 and has taught it several
times since then. He has served on the Rocky Flats Citizens
Advisory Committee, on the Boulder County Energy Conservation
Board, and on the University Energy Conservation Committee.
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