The Science of Energy: Resources and Power Explained
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
An award-winning professor and expert geophysicist presents an unbiased investigation into energy sources.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Energy and Human Civilization
- 02: Energy: Forms and Conversion for Use
- 03: Heat: The Transfer and Flow of Energy
- 04: Electricity: Ultimate Energy Converter
- 05: Chemical Energy, Biomass, and Photosynthesis
- 06: Coal: Convenient, Energy-Dense Fuel
- 07: Petroleum: Chemistry, Retrieval, and Use
- 08: New Petroleum Directions
- 09: Fossil Fuel Energy: Issues and Concerns
- 10: Understanding Carbon Dioxide
- 11: The Science of Nuclear Power
- 12: The Nuclear Fission Fuel Cycle
- 13: Sunlight: Inexhaustible Energy Source
- 14: Solar Power and Electricity
- 15: Wind Power and Electricity
- 16: Hydroelectric Power: Electricity from Water
- 17: Biofuels: Biodiesel and Ethanol
- 18: Geothermal Energy
- 19: Energy Storage Technologies
- 20: Energy Needs for Transportation
- 21: Energy Efficiency: Technologies and Trends
- 22: Energy Sources: Economics and Politics
- 23: Probable and Possible Future Energy Sources
- 24: Energy Trends: Planning for the Near Future
Taught by
Michael E. Wysession
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