Energy, the Great Driver

Energy, the Great Driver

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Summary

Energy use lies at the core of all biological and human activity. Unless we understand ours and the rest of natural world's relationship with energy, we are doomed to disaster.

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Energy, the Great Driver by Gareth Wyn Jones Phd

Exploring the relationships between energy, work, power, and material and social complexity over the last four billion years, this book suggests that in six revolutions this relationship has been fundamental to the trajectory of life on our planet. The stability of this growing complexity has required a parallel hierarchy of homeostatic, regulatory mechanisms, and Gareth Wyn Jones explains the profoundly disturbing implications of these twin hypotheses to the challenges of anthropogenic climate change. He asserts that a recognition of the underlying problems and trends is the beginning of wisdom and a new relationship with energy can enhance human well-being and our interaction with the rest of the natural world.
Gareth Wyn Jones is an Emeritus Professor at Bangor University.
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ISBN 13 9781786834232
ISBN 10 1786834235
Title Energy, the Great Driver
Author Gareth Wyn Jones Phd
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Wales Press
Year published 2019-10-15
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.