{"title":"Energy technology and engineering Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"volt-rush-9780861546190","title":"Volt Rush","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the twentieth century, wealth and power was dictated by access to oil. This century will have different kingmakers, perhaps different wars.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A remarkably hopeful and useful book...The climate crisis leaves us no choice but to build a new world and as Sanderson makes clear, we are capable of making it a better one than the dirty and dangerous planet we’ve come to take for granted.'' \u003c\/b\u003eBill McKibben, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e book of the week\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWe depend on a handful of metals and rare earths to power our phones and computers. Increasingly, we rely on them to power our cars and our homes. 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Along the way, as Henry Sanderson shows in his essential book, we have become dangerously dependent on China which now dominates global battery supply. Under President Xi Jinping, who uses economic blackmail to extract political concessions, China has got a lock on the future. All this can change and \u003cem\u003eVolt Rush\u003c\/em\u003e shows us how.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Clive Hamilton, author of \u003ci\u003eHidden Hand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A fascinating study'\u003c\/p\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A potent reminder to green power advocates that a world running on batteries and sunshine may not fight over oil, but it won’t necessarily be free of conflict’\u003c\/p\u003e * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘It’s a vital contribution to the emerging literature that’s pulling back the curtain on energy realities.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The urgency of a green transition means the world faces new power struggles over access to scarce metals and minerals.  Sanderson carefully walks us through the minefields that are the world's finite supplies of lithium, cobalt and nickel and reveals with startling immediacy the Machiavellian machinations for control over these precious resources. A riveting guide to our perilous future.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Ann Pettifor, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Case for the Green New Deal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An excellent book…provides much food for thought'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Takes us on a carefully considered and well explained journey to show that [the switch to electric vehicles] may not be as simple a transition as we hoped for… Sanderson does a good job of getting the reader up to speed in terms of what goes into an electric battery, and why we need to be cognisant of the environmental impacts… very informative and well written in terms of the potentially toxic brew required to power EVs… a relevant and vital book.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eIrish Tech News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘From China to Congo to Chile to the U.S., Sanderson lucidly reveals the global connections behind the complex processes of battery production and mining… Any reader interested in environmental studies, green politics, the global energy sector, or the mining industry will appreciate Sanderson's deep dive into the transition from fossil fuels to green and clean energy, and how this transition will affect society now and in the near future.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Sanderson’s smooth, limpid storytelling brightens the deadening business of commodities trading: attention to the bizarre, often unpleasant characters populating the industry gives his narrative a personable shine.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Red Pepper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Volt Rush\u003c\/em\u003e makes a great contribution in understanding what a green future entails—and what costs it might involve right now.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Foreign Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This is a terrific book. 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Powering our digital lives and green technologies are some of the Earth’s most precious metals — but they are running out. And what will happen when they do? The green-tech revolution will reduce our reliance on nuclear power, coal, and oil, but by breaking free of fossil fuels, we are setting ourselves up for a new dependence — on rare metals like cobalt, gold, and palladium. These are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines, and solar panels, as well as our smartphones, computers, tablets, and other technologies. 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Moreover, following the history provides a crucial aid to understanding: this book explains the intellectual revolutions required to comprehend energy, revolutions as profound as those stemming from Relativity and Quantum Theory. Texts by Descartes, Leibniz, Bernoulli, d''Alembert, Lagrange, Hamilton, Boltzmann, Clausius, Carnot and others are made accessible, and the engines of Watt and Joule are explained.Many fascinating questions are covered, including:- Why just kinetic and potential energies - is one more fundamental than the other?- What are heat, temperature and action?- What is the Hamiltonian?- What have engines to do with physics?- Why did the steam-engine evolve only in England?- Why S=klogW works and why temperature is IT.Using only a minimum of mathematics, this book explains the emergence of the modern concept of energy, in all its forms: Hamilton''s mechanics and how it shaped twentieth-century physics, and the meaning of kinetic energy, potential energy, temperature, action, and entropy. It is as much an explanation of fundamental physics as a history of the fascinating discoveries that lie behind our knowledge today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe work is full of surprises, and some illuminating apercus. It makes one think about the subject in a new way - the connections made with dynamics, Hamilton and Lagrange are germane, and one never sees these in books on thermodynamics. * Sir Aaron Klug, Nobel laureate, President of the Royal Society 1995-2000 *\u003cbr\u003eI am pleased to heartily recommend Coopersmith's readable, enjoyable, and largely nonmathematical yet profound account of the development of an important physical concept - energy. With a vein of humor running throughout, it deals with an enormous compass of important topics seldom found elsewhere at this level. It should be of great interest and utility to students, both undergraduate and graduate, historians of science, and anyone interested in the concepts of energy and their evolution through time. * George B. Kauffman, Chemical \u0026amp; Engineering News *\u003cbr\u003eIn clear and engaging prose, Coopersmith shows how the modern understanding of energy was formulated, moving from the first documented discussions of simple machines and perpetual motion in ancient Greece, to the work of Gottfried Leibniz and other 17th-century thinkers, to Einstein's theory of relativity and beyond... 'Energy, the Subtle Concept' is a fascinating read, both physicists and nonphysicists who want to learn more about the history of energy will enjoy it. * Lisa Crystal, Physics Today *\u003cbr\u003eCoopersmith has been on a commendable personal journey to understand energy * Colin Axon, Energy Group Newsletter *\u003cbr\u003eThe more I read this book, the more difficult it was to put it down ... [It] has a fascinating story to tell about the development of our understanding of energy as a physical quantity... * Matt Chorley, Popular Science *\u003cbr\u003ebeautifully-written text ... Throughout, the book is sprinkled with anecdotes and, most importantly, insightful commentary, with a plethora of figures that assist the reader in digesting the concepts detailed. * Jay Wadhawan, University of Hull *\u003cbr\u003eThe conservation of energy is arguably the most important law in physics. But what exactly is being conserved? Are some forms of energy more fundamental than others? You will have to read the book to find out. Coopersmith sets out to answer such questions and to explain the concept of energy through the history of its discovery. This is neither a straightforward narrative nor one for the faint-hearted. Those not put off by the odd bit of mathematics, will be well-rewarded by dipping into this book. * Manjit Kumar, New Scientist *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a work of physics in substance and history in form. 'Energy, the Subtle Concept' is as much concerned with physicists as with physics. Its scientific interest is matched by human interest. Jennifer Coopersmith deftly brings to life the people who made the science throughout its history. * Charles C. Gillispie, Professor of History of Science Emeritus, Princeton University *\u003cbr\u003eThis book makes me proud to be a physicist, for two reasons. First it is a tale of the giants of the past who contributed to our present understanding of energy, people whose astonishing intuition took them from gossamer clues to the understanding we have today of one of the most basic explanatory concepts in physics. We've had some pretty good players in our team. 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Written by a leading expert in LED lighting, it links together the photometric, electrical, thermal and chromatic elements of LED systems into a single, unified framework, and explores their complex interactions with one another. â Get to grips with chromatic, photometric and thermal modelling of LED systems â Discover new techniques for precise dimming and colour control  â Learn methods for determining system parameters and internal variables â Gain insight into advanced applications for LED system design and optimization Providing straightforward and intuitive explanations, this is an ideal guide for professional engineers, graduate students and researchers working on solid-state lighting systems and smart lighting, and those taking advanced courses on LED devices and systems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The book gives an important and comprehensive insight into the future lighting technology (LED) which will save the earth a substantial amount of energy. 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