This thoroughly revised and updated third edition focuses on the utilization of sustainable energy and mitigating climate change, serving as an introduction to physics in the context of societal problems. A distinguishing feature of the text is the discussion of spectroscopy and spectroscopic methods as a crucial means to quantitatively analyze and monitor the condition of the environment, the factors determining climate change, and all aspects of energy conversion.
This textbook...
Tabella dei contenuti
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
1.1 A Sustainable Energy Supply
1.2 The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change
1.3 Light Absorption in Nature as a S...
Circa l’autore
Egbert Boekeris a retired Professor from the Free University
of Amsterdam with a career in which he taught virtually all of the
undergraduate courses in physics.
R...