Description: Fossil fuels can not be replaced, and we are rapidly using them up. Nuclear energy is a dangerous substitute-just the problem of what to do with nuclear waste is baffling and alarming to scientists and laymen alike. Pro- ducing and using solar energy is a technol: ogy whose time has come. Energy from the Sun is inexhaustible, safe, and freely avail: able. What are the techniques, the devices and the possibilities for using this remark able energy source? John Hoke describes the development of solar energy techniques starting with the dawn of the space age. He then provides de: tailed explanations of solar cells, describing how they work and how they are made. He explains the techniques for heating houses and buildings with solar energy, and reveals some of the scientific dreams for using solar energy, directly and indirectly. in new and daring ways. (And some of these "new"ways are older than you might think!) In a final section, the author describes a number of school and / or home experiments, and sup- plies a detailed list of where and how to obtain materials and kits
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Book Title: Solar Energy
Publisher: Scholastic Library Publishing
Original Language: English
Item Length: 4 in
Edition: Revised Edition
Publication Year: 1978
Type: Novel
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Item Height: 6 in
Author: John Hoke
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
Topic: Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects, Science & Nature / Physics
Item Width: 0.5 in
Number of Pages: 90 Pages
