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Toward a solar civilization
- Title
- Toward a solar civilization / edited by Robert H. Williams.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1978.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | TJ810.T68 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Williams, Robert H., 1940-
- Description
- ix, 251 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- I. Introduction -- Solar technologies / Frank von Hippel and Robert H. Williams -- II. Solar space heating -- Active-type solar heating systems for houses : a technlogy in ferment / William A. Shurcliff -- Why not just build the house right in the first palce? / Raymond W. Bliss -- Barriers and incentives to encourgae the use of solar heating and cooling / Alan S. Hirshberg -- III. Solar electricity -- Solar power plants: dark horse in the energy stable / Richard S. Caputo -- Solar sea power / Clarence Zener -- Photovoltaic solar energy conversion / Martin Wolf -- Wind energy / Bent Sorenson -- IV. Fuels from solar energy -- Flower power : prospects for photosynthetic energy / Alan D. Poole and Robert H. Williams -- Tower power : producing fuels from solar energy / Michael J. Antal, Jr. -- V. Development strategies -- Solar energy and rural development for the Third World / Arjun Makhijani -- Energy efficiency : our most underrated energy resource / Marc H. Ross and Robert H. Williams -- Toward a solar civilization / Frank von Hippel and Robert H. Williams.
- ISBN
- 0262230895
- 9780262230896
- LCCN
- 78016567
- OCLC
- ocm04036570
- 4036570
- SCSB-9290178
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library