Publisher's Synopsis
Here is an accessible guide to the technological problems of our modern society, requiring no science background. This new edition incorporates updated statistics, and contains a discussion of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident. There is an historical review of energy use in human history, followed by coverage of the diverse sources of energy and their safety aspects, energy storage and conservation, and environmental problems, including aspects of the peaceful and military uses of nuclear energy.;The previous edition of this book was published in 1984.
