| | |  | Renewable Energy | Home » » Energy: Its Use and the Environment | | | | | | | Description: | | ENERGY: ITS USE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, Third Edition is an introductory textbook that emphasizes the physical principles behind energy and its effects on our environment. It can be used in physics, technology, physical science, and environmental science courses for non-science majors. Many of the standard topics found in introductory physics textbooks are included. As a result, this book can be used as the text in a conceptual physics course with energy as the central theme. Much of the pedagogy used comes from a one-semester general education course the authors have taught at State University of New York (SUNY) College at Oswego, over the past 20 years. No math or other science prerequisite is necessary. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Roger A. Hinrichs | | Paperback:
| 672 pages | | Publisher:
| Brooks Cole | | Publication Date:
| March 28, 2001 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0030318343 | | Package Length:
| 9.18 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.08 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.11 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.23 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
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11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
solid intro to energyApr 25, 2000
Energy provides comprehensive information on basic energy principles, electricity, fossil energy resources, nuclear power, renewable energy resources, energy conservation, and the impacts of energy use on the environment. While it contains all the requisite equations and problem sets, the concise, clear coverage of the environmental and policy issues surrounding our energy use really distinguishes this book from other energy texts.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Best TextbookFeb 03, 2008
By Patricia A. Ballentine
"Green Teacher"
I've been teaching at a community college for 16 years in the field of energy efficiency, Passive solar, building science, healthy homes, sustainability, green issues. I have used this book and its earlier versions in my classes because it gives the best science basis for energy. It is also written by a physics professor as a textbook, with review and questions at the end of each chapter.
This book shows the "systems efficiency" of energy sources, which is the correct way to examine any proposed alternative energy. This is the way many of these topics is presented in other books. I like the book also because it starts at the beginning--physics--in the discussion of energy.
Love buying text books from AmazonApr 13, 2012
By Joyomite
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text reviewFeb 20, 2011
By gin
This text is a great intro to the physics of energy and renewable energy. I do wish the text had been printed in color but, it is overall an excellent resource.
0 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Not in "good" shapeFeb 19, 2011
By clemsonstudent
When I received all my books from different vendors this semester, I had bought all used and in good condition. This book didn't compare to the rest by far. Instead of being in good shape like promised, the cover and first 50 pages were all bent out of shape, and there's massive amounts of highlighting in the book.
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