Power Engineering

In his compelling new book, Dr Arthur Turrell makes the case for cutting-edge new techniques in nuclear energy—innovations that would allow us to recreate the power of the stars on our own planet. Filled with the remarkable stories of the scientists and entrepreneurs who have dedicated their lives to a seemingly impossible dream, The Star Builders is an unmissable insight into the future of life—and space—on our planet.

War has turned me into the weapon I swore to destroy. I lead an army now. But inside, I'm more lost than ever. Jameson's web of lies has me questioning everything. But without him, our revolt crumbles. With terrified rumors of an unbeatable new government weapon spreading through the streets, only our combined gifts offer any hope. Being near him burns, yet my traitorous heart still wants what we can't have. I don't know who to trust. The darkness promises only one thing - if I lose this war, the city and all I love dies with it. The fight will end in fire. I can only pray we rise from the ...

In 100 Years of Air Power and Aviation, Robin Higham, regarded by many as the dean of aviation historians, presents a critical history of British, American, Soviet, German, Italian, French, Japanese, and Israeli aviation. He moves easily from theory to concrete example and back again, in the process discussing the social, economic, and political components of air power, the major wars and police actions in which aircraft have been employed, the composition of air forces, and the creation of aviation industries.

Conventional wisdom has North America entering a new era of energy abundance thanks to shale gas. But has industry been honest? Cold, Hungry and in the Dark argues that declining productivity combined with increasing demand will trigger a crisis that will cause prices to skyrocket, damage the economy, and have a profound impact on the lives of nearly every North American.

The reason electricity is fed to customers through the wire is so that it can be metered at each customer's premises. Morgan's insistence suggests taking 85 percent of the power produced to overcome the resistance within the wires used to reach its destination. If wireless technology had been universally implemented as per Tesla's wishes, the world's environment would be affected by 85 percent, leading to less pollution than we have today.

To make sure such a Linux web server goes through minimum or no downtime at all, there are people known as system administrators who are employed to ensure that the server is up all the time. They do various tasks on the server in the background while you are happily shopping in the foreground. This book will help you gain insightful knowledge on the tasks that system administrators perform on a Linux system to maintain it and to ensure that it never encounters any downtime.

Imagine what would happen to your productivity if your most challenging Web searches never failed, and your ordinary Web searches more quickly returned the most relevant results. Over the course of a year, efficient searches and relevant results could add up to days of recovered time. In this book, I’ll show you how to start saving time by mastering all aspects of the Google search engine and its dozens of related services and technologies.

Juan Luis Cebrián, fundador y presidente de honor del periódico El País, asegura que estamos ante un orden internacional inestable; el más inestable desde el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En este breve pero profundo ensayo tratará de explicar por qué, y lo hará desde varias perspectivas: el futuro de la democracia, el calentamiento global, el auge de los nacionalismos, las nuevas formas de empleo, el desplazamiento del poder y la riqueza hacia Asia o la crisis del capitalismo.

Our world is shifting away from hydrocarbons and fossil fuels to renewable forms of power that rely more than ever on batteries. As demand for these products has grown, so has the need for minerals that are used in their production, in particular cobalt, a metallic element that is overwhelmingly mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, site of the world’s largest cobalt reserves.

This work positions itself as an essential guide for understanding the challenges of the 21st century, offering a critical and comprehensive analysis of the climate crisis and its profound political, economic, and social implications. With a multidisciplinary approach, the book explores the intersections between climate change, geopolitics, the global economy, and intergenerational justice, establishing itself as a crucial reference in the current debate.

In the aftermath of an asteroid impact, Earth’s power grid is damaged nearly beyond recovery. The survival of our world may well depend on energy sources collected from an abandoned undersea settlement beneath the icy surface of Enceladus. Earth-raised Colonel Carter Rhodes, in charge of Earth’s recovery efforts, calls upon Gwen Baré, a Venusian engineer, to regain control of the deserted moon outpost and collect fuel for Earth’s collapsing power grids.

Nuclear power has been and continues to be a mystery to many people. This book tells the story of the journey of an average individual who for over 40 years, because of unintentional turns of events, became an active member of the industry and learned to understand and support this challenging but rewarding technology. With global warming and growing demands for energy world-wide, nuclear power plants in conjunction with renewable energy sources is the most promising way to support our future generations.

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - June 2022 The Money Box: A mysterious black box gives its users "unearned" money, but at what price? The Memory Thief: Alice is kidnapped, her mind is downloaded to the cloud, and, due to space limitations, her boyfriend must decide what memories make it into her new body. Tikkun Olam: A retired lawyer tries to help an at-risk youth, but feels she has failed him. Sow: A pilot is tasked with "seeding" a distant planet with the codes to give rise to future humans, at the expense of the planet's natural evolutionary process. A Dragon's Perspective: A ...

You are about to learn how to leverage the power of the vagus nerve to deal with chronic inflammation, trauma, epilepsy, stress, depression, anxiety, seizures, heart problems, gut problems, and so much more through vagus nerve stimulation/activation!

2020년 코로나 19라는 초유의 사태로, 일찍이 경험해 보지 못한 일들이 잇달아 일어나고 있다. 모든 것이 그 이전과는 다른, 우리가 경험해보지 못한 '달라진 세계'에 대한 전망과 담론장이 폭발하고 있다. 하지만 그런 담론의 범람 속에서 고민의 '방향'을 함께 질문하려는 시도가 드문 것이 사실이다.

Trees can survive without humans, but we can't live without trees. Even if human-caused climate change devastates our planet, the trees will return – as they do, always and everywhere, even after ice ages, catastrophic fires, destructive storms and deforestation. It would just be nice if we could be around to see them flourish. A love letter to the forest and a passionate argument for protecting nature's boundless diversity – not only for the trees, but also for ourselves, The Power of Trees is forester Peter Wohlleben's follow-up to The Hidden Life of Trees.

Many fantasize about dramatically changing their lives - living in accordance with their ideals rather than the exigencies of job, bills, and possessions. William Powers actually does it. Here, his family, with baby in tow, searches for balance, community, and happiness in a small town in Bolivia. They build an adobe house, plant a prolific orchard and organic garden, and weave their life into a community of permaculturists, bio-builders, artists, and creative businesspeople. Can this Transition Town succeed in the face of encroaching North American capitalism?

This book is written for those contemplating getting a solar panel system if they don't know enough about it yet. A good, basic understanding of what you need to know "before" diving into it is what you will learn in order to make an informed decision; especially if you are in the United States (or Canada).

In his beloved book The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben revealed astonishing discoveries about the social networks of trees and how they communicate. Now, in The Power of Trees, he turns to their future, with a searing critique of forestry management, tree planting and the exploitation of old growth forests.

What makes a penguin a bird? Is a camel more closely related to a horse than to a giraffe? Why is a whale not a fish? Similar puzzles preoccupied Charles Darwin throughout his life. Whimsy, in the playfulness of stories for children, is a way to appreciate Darwinian histories. In Do Elephants Have Knees? Charles R. Ault Jr. uses the fanciful imagery of story to explain Darwinian thought. At the same time, he launches careful consideration of Darwin's humanity, the origins of his curiosity, and his ideas.