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Feeding the Fire

Feeding the Fire

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作者: Mark E. Eberhart 著

出版社: Harmony

出版时间: 2007-05

ISBN: 9780307237446

定价: 266.40

装帧: 平装

开本: 16开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 283页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>工程技术

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From the first spark created by human hands thousands of years ago， mankind has grown dependent on nature’s vast stores of energy to build， explore， and experiment. Our expanding knowledge and technologies have come from the felling of forests to the harnessing of wind and water， from the burning of coal and oil to tapping the energy of the atom. Energy does more than heat our homes and fill our gas tanks; it fuels our imaginations. Our future is inextricably linked to energy， and in this groundbreaking book， Mark Eberhart examines our historic quest for power and tackles the brutal realization that there are limits to the energy Earth can provide.

In Western society， we treat energy as a given—the background noise of modern life. But as worldwide energy demand grows， supplies are， at best， holding steady—and at worst， shrinking. The implications of our dependence are enormous. And while there is evidence that great cultures of the past—the Maya， Anasazi， Easter Islanders—collapsed when their energy resources were exhausted， Eberhart argues that we have the responsibility and the ability to develop renewable energy sources now.

Eberhart leads us on a tour through the history of energy， how it was formed and how it evolved， and reveals how we became energy-dependent creatures. With an unblinking eye， he takes a close look at the consequences of our energy appetite， and， most important， imagines a secure energy future that we can all play a part in achieving.

Enlightening， bold， and practical， Feeding the Fire weaves together history， science， and current affairs to create an important and compelling thesis about humanity’s energy needs—and draws a hard line on the imperative need to avert the catastrophe that looms if we continue on our present course.，The author of Why Things Break takes a close-up look at the history， science， and current issues surrounding our strategic energy resources， examining the science of energy from the Big Bang to Big Oil， how and why we became such energy-guzzling creatures， what we need to do to insure our future energy supply， and more. 25，000 first printing.，Looks at the history， science， and current issues surrounding energy resources， examining the science of energy from the Big Bang to oil， how and why we became such energy-guzzling creatures， and what we need to do to insure our future energy supply. INTRODUCTION

Energy and Imagination

NATURE’S ENERGY LAWS

  1：The Thinking Man’s Diet

  2：Diet Basics I：Nothing But Energy

  3：Diet Basics II：All Energy Is Not Equal

  4：Talking Thermodynamics,Thinking in Pictures：Entropy

  5：The Thermodynamics of Forgetting：The Energy in Information

  6：The Energy Ride：The Big Picture of Energy Metabolism

  7：The Age of Atoms

  8：The Age of Molecules

  9：From Life to Fossil Fuels

  10：Keep Cool,Man,Real Cool：Human Evolution and the Origins of Imagination

OUR ENERGY PAST

  11：The Great Energy Rule：First Came Agriculture

  12：A Tale of Two Cities：Wood to Burn

  13：Saving the Forests：Coal to Burn

  14：And There Was Light：Oil to Burn

  15：Power Unleashed：Electricity

OUR ENERGY PRESENT

  16：First,the Bad News

  17：Now for the Good News

OUR ENERGY FUTURE

  18：The Thinking Man’s Energy Diet

Notes

References

Index
内容简介:
From the first spark created by human hands thousands of years ago， mankind has grown dependent on nature’s vast stores of energy to build， explore， and experiment. Our expanding knowledge and technologies have come from the felling of forests to the harnessing of wind and water， from the burning of coal and oil to tapping the energy of the atom. Energy does more than heat our homes and fill our gas tanks; it fuels our imaginations. Our future is inextricably linked to energy， and in this groundbreaking book， Mark Eberhart examines our historic quest for power and tackles the brutal realization that there are limits to the energy Earth can provide.

In Western society， we treat energy as a given—the background noise of modern life. But as worldwide energy demand grows， supplies are， at best， holding steady—and at worst， shrinking. The implications of our dependence are enormous. And while there is evidence that great cultures of the past—the Maya， Anasazi， Easter Islanders—collapsed when their energy resources were exhausted， Eberhart argues that we have the responsibility and the ability to develop renewable energy sources now.

Eberhart leads us on a tour through the history of energy， how it was formed and how it evolved， and reveals how we became energy-dependent creatures. With an unblinking eye， he takes a close look at the consequences of our energy appetite， and， most important， imagines a secure energy future that we can all play a part in achieving.

Enlightening， bold， and practical， Feeding the Fire weaves together history， science， and current affairs to create an important and compelling thesis about humanity’s energy needs—and draws a hard line on the imperative need to avert the catastrophe that looms if we continue on our present course.，The author of Why Things Break takes a close-up look at the history， science， and current issues surrounding our strategic energy resources， examining the science of energy from the Big Bang to Big Oil， how and why we became such energy-guzzling creatures， what we need to do to insure our future energy supply， and more. 25，000 first printing.，Looks at the history， science， and current issues surrounding energy resources， examining the science of energy from the Big Bang to oil， how and why we became such energy-guzzling creatures， and what we need to do to insure our future energy supply.
目录:
INTRODUCTION

Energy and Imagination

NATURE’S ENERGY LAWS

  1：The Thinking Man’s Diet

  2：Diet Basics I：Nothing But Energy

  3：Diet Basics II：All Energy Is Not Equal

  4：Talking Thermodynamics,Thinking in Pictures：Entropy

  5：The Thermodynamics of Forgetting：The Energy in Information

  6：The Energy Ride：The Big Picture of Energy Metabolism

  7：The Age of Atoms

  8：The Age of Molecules

  9：From Life to Fossil Fuels

  10：Keep Cool,Man,Real Cool：Human Evolution and the Origins of Imagination

OUR ENERGY PAST

  11：The Great Energy Rule：First Came Agriculture

  12：A Tale of Two Cities：Wood to Burn

  13：Saving the Forests：Coal to Burn

  14：And There Was Light：Oil to Burn

  15：Power Unleashed：Electricity

OUR ENERGY PRESENT

  16：First,the Bad News

  17：Now for the Good News

OUR ENERGY FUTURE

  18：The Thinking Man’s Energy Diet

Notes

References

Index

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