Energy or Extinction?

The Case for Nuclear Energy
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-66413-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 102 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

Originally published in 1977 and as second edition in 1979, this book argues that without energy sources on a vast scale our present society cannot survive. According to the author, Fred Hoyle, the technology to tap solar, wind or wave power on a large enough scale just does not exist. He considers nuclear fission to be the only source currently capable of supplying our needs. The author fills in the scientific background necessary to appreciate his arguments in his lucid, direct style, so that the book can act as an ideal introduction for those unfamiliar with the energy debate. This short book is unashamedly provocative and many of the central tenets of it remain as relevant today as when it was first published.

Zielgruppe

General, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hoyle, Fred

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Energie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. 1. The Anti-Nuclear Environmentalists 2. Stars and Atoms 3. Energy 4. Energy Availability: Non-Nuclear Sources 5. Energy Availability: Nuclear Sources 6. The Safety of Nuclear Energy.

Über Autor(innen)

Fred Hoyle was one of the 20th Century's great scientific thinkers. He was Plumian Professor at Cambridge 1957 – 1972 and founder director of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Cambridge 1967-1972.