TY - BOOK AU - Thirring, Hans TI - Energy for man: From windmills to nuclear power SN - 060905271 AV - TJ 163.2 T447e 1976 PY - 1976/// CY - New York PB - Harper Colophon Books N2 - Power, energy, and heat, 15. -- Survey of sources and uses of power, 29. -- Steam, 46. -- Internal-combustion engines, 73. -- Gas turbines, 93. -- Heat pums, 113. -- Electricity, 134. -- Coal, 163. -- Petroleum and natural gas, 180. -- Life expectancy of fossil fuel reserves, 206. -- Fuels from vegetation, 219. -- Water-power, 230. -- Solar energy and other sources, 261. -- Atomic energy, 289. -- Nuclear reactors, 318. -- Thermo-nuclear reactions, 368 ER -