Environmental physics : sustainable energy and climate change /

• Main Authors: Boeker, Egbert (Author), Grondelle, Rienk van (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester [England] : Wiley, 2011.
• Edition: Third edition.
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Physics.; Atmospheric physics.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > General.; Electronic books.

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 method...

Table of Contents:

• Light and Matter
• Climate and Climate Change
• Heat Engines
• Renewable Energy
• Nuclear Power
• Dispersion of Pollutants
• Monitoring with Light
• The Context of Society
• Appendix A: Physical and Numerical Constants
• Appendix B: Vector Algebra
• Appendix C: Gauss, Delta and Error Functions
• Appendix D: Experiments in a Student's Lab
• Appendix E: Web Sites
• Appendix F: Omitted Parts of the Second Edition.