Dictionary of Energy: Expanded Edition

✍ Scribed by Cutler J. Cleveland, Christopher G. Morris

• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 598
• Edition: Expanded
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Written by the editor of The Encyclopedia of Energy, Cutler Cleveland, this dictionary gives professionals across the multi-disciplinary field of energy a tool to better communicate on energy matters and understand energy issues and opportunities. This paperback edition, priced at less than half the price of the hardcover edition and expanded with over 500 new terms, makes this valuable reference available to an even wider audience beyond energy scientists, including new professionals, students, and corporate oil and gas companies. -Over 10,000 entries covering some 40 scientific disciplines and topics - Essays by scientists, biographical entries on key individuals, and historical comments - Historical quotes on energy matters, - Illustrated with 100 photos and illustrations - Now expanded with over 500 new terms and available in paperback at half the price of the first edition

✦ Table of Contents

Dictionary of Energy
......Page 4
Copyright
......Page 5
Subject Areas of the Dictionary......Page 6
Editors-in-Chief......Page 7
Special Essays on Important Energy Terms......Page 8
Preface to Expanded Edition of the Dictionary of Energy......Page 12
Introduction to the Use of the Dictionary......Page 13
Common Abbreviations in Energy Usage......Page 16
A......Page 17
B......Page 51
C......Page 84
D......Page 139
E......Page 166
F......Page 201
G......Page 226
H......Page 250
I......Page 274
J......Page 294
K......Page 297
L......Page 303
M......Page 326
N......Page 354
O......Page 372
P......Page 387
Q......Page 427
R......Page 429
S......Page 461
T......Page 520
U......Page 552
V......Page 560
W......Page 568
X......Page 583
Y......Page 584
Z......Page 586
Notable Quotes on Energy......Page 588
Illustration Credits......Page 598