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Biological paths to self-reliance : a guide to biological solar energy conversion

Title
Biological paths to self-reliance : a guide to biological solar energy conversion / Russell E. Anderson.
Author
Anderson, Russell E.
Publication
New York ; London : Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979.

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Description
xxiii, 367 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Van Nostrand Reinhold environmental engineering series
Uniform Title
Van Nostrand Reinhold environmental engineering series.
Subject
  • Biomass energy
  • Solar energy
  • solar power
  • Energie solaire
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 345-357.
Contents
Question of development -- Understanding energy -- Energy analysis -- Ecology and nature's energy balance -- Hidden energy costs in centralized development -- Capture of solar energy by green plants -- Turning plant products into useful energy forms -- Integration for decentralized development -- Steps to development -- Photosynthesis -- Algae -- Conversion processes for the production of fuels from organic matter -- Fuels -- Long-range research for semi-synthetic systems.
ISBN
  • 0442203292
  • 9780442203290
  • 0442302314
  • 9780442302313
  • 0442302312
LCCN
78009847
OCLC
  • ocm59241111
  • 59241111
  • SCSB-4597
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library