30-Second Energy: The 50 most fundamental concepts in energy, each explained in half a minute 9781782406839, 9781782405436, 1782405437

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30-Second Energy: The 50 most fundamental concepts in energy, each explained in half a minute
 9781782406839, 9781782405436, 1782405437

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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction
The Basics
GLOSSARY
What is Energy?
Heat
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
Profile: James Prescott Joule
Chemical Energy
Nuclear Energy
Mass Energy
Conservation of Energy
Natural Energy
GLOSSARY
Gravity
Inflation
Inside a Star
Living Things
Dark Energy
Profile: Alan Guth
Zero-point Energy
Where Did it All Come From?
Storing Energy
GLOSSARY
ATP
Coal
Oil
Fission
Fusion
Profile: Alessandro Volta
Water Storage
Fuel Cells
Batteries
Transmitting Energy
GLOSSARY
Thermal Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Profile: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
Transporting Chemicals
Lasers
Down the Wire
Superconductors
Converting Energy
GLOSSARY
Oxidation
Burning
External Combustion
Internal Combustion
Electromagnetism
QED
Profile: Charles Algernon Parsons
Turbines
Going Green
GLOSSARY
Biofuels
Solar
Wind
Hydro
Profile: William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
Waves
Geothermal
Nuclear
Energy & Entropy
GLOSSARY
What is Entropy?
The Second Law
Increasing Disorder
The Closed System
Maxwell’s Demon
Profile: Ludwig Boltzmann
The Life Cycle of the Universe
Resources
Notes on Contributors
Index
Acknowledgements

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