Environment, Power, and Society for the Twenty-First Century: The Hierarchy of Energy

Awards:   Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2007 Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2017 Winner of Outstanding Academic Title 2017
Author:   Howard Odum
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
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9780231128865


Pages:   432
Publication Date:   08 June 2007
Format:   Hardback
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  • Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2007
  • Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2017
  • Winner of Outstanding Academic Title 2017

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Author:   Howard Odum
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.950kg
ISBN:  

9780231128865


ISBN 10:   023112886
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   08 June 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

1. This World System 2. Systems Networks and Metabolism 3. Energy Laws and Maximum Power 4. Energy Hierarchy and Natural Value 5. Energy and Planet Earth 6. Energy and Ecosystems 7. Empower Basis for Society 8. Structure Information and Evolution 9. Energy and Economics 10. Energetic Organization of Society 11. Energetic Basis for Religion 12. Partnership with Nature 13. Climax and Descent 14. Formulas for Energy Systems Modules

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Get a rare, fresh, enlightening glimpse of the Big Picture of our environmental and energy problems... Highly recommended. Choice 12/1/07


Get a rare, fresh, enlightening glimpse of the Big Picture of our environmental and energy problems Highly recommended. -- Choice


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Howard T. Odum was Graduate Research Professor at the University of Florida's Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences from 1970 until his death in 2002. He won the Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Prix de l'Institut de la Vie awarded by the French government. He is the author of numerous books and papers, including Ecological and General Systems: An Introduction to Systems Ecology, Environmental Accounting: Emergy and Decision Making, and, with Elisabeth C. Odum, Modeling for all Scales: An Introduction to System Simulation and The Prosperous Way Down: Principles and Policies.

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