Energy, the great driver : seven revolutions and the challenges of climate change /: seven revolutions and the challenges of climate change. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: R. Gareth Wyn Jones.
• Authors: Jones, Gareth Wyn
• Contents: AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsPrologueChapter I: Introduction Chapter II: The Mysterious Origins of LifeChapter III: Harvesting the Sun Chapter IV: A Structural Revolution: Complex CellsChapter V: The Hominid FactorChapter VI: 'Food Glorious Food'?Chapter VII: Fossil Fuels -An Energy BonanzaChapter VIII: The Homeostatic Hierarchy. Chapter IX: Emergent PatternsChapter X: The Gathering Storm -- Greenhouse Gases: The Effluence of AffluenceChapter XI: On human behaviour and our social and physical constructsChapter XII: Denouement?Chapter XIII: The Human FactorNotesReferences
• Publisher Details: Cardiff : University of Wales Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 199 pages)
• Subjects: 333.7909; Energy development -- History; Power resources -- History; Energy development -- Environmental aspects; Renewable energy sources -- Social aspects; Energy harvesting -- History; Human settlements -- Energy consumption; Energy policy -- Social aspects; Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on; Climate change mitigation; Énergie -- Développement -- Histoire; Ressources énergétiques -- Histoire; Énergies renouvelables -- Aspect social; Récupération d'énergie -- Histoire; Établissements humains -- Consommation d'énergie; Climat -- Changements -- Effets de l'homme sur; Climat -- Changements -- Atténuation; Climate change mitigation; Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on; Energy development; Energy development -- Environmental aspects; Energy harvesting; Energy policy -- Social aspects; Human settlements -- Energy consumption; Power resources; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786834249; 1786834243; 9781786834256; 1786834251; 9781786834263
• Related ISBNs: 178683426X; 1786834235; 9781786834232
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 28, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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