Environmental Physics: Sustainable Energy and Climate Change 3rd Edition by Egbert Boeker (PDF)

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This thoroughly revised and updated third edition focuses on the utilization of sustainable energy and mitigating climate change, serving as an introduction to physics in the context of societal problems. A distinguishing feature of the text is the discussion of spectroscopy and spectroscopic methods as a crucial means to quantitatively analyze and monitor the condition of the environment, the factors determining climate change, and all aspects of energy conversion. This textbook will be invaluable to students in physics and related subjects, and supplementary materials are available on a companion website http://www.nat.vu.nl/environmentalphysicsInstructor support material is available at http://booksupport.wiley.com

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⭐A comprehensive book on the physics aspects related to the environment. Highly recommended to those that want to know the details behind the e predictions of the models.

⭐Excellent book, well written by knowledgeable experts. The price is very reasonable for students in the field. The book came in the mail in time and in good condition.

⭐Environmental Physics Sustainable Energy and Climate Change, Third Edition, is a textbook for the physicist, mathematician, or environmental chemist with a special interest in the physics of human environmental impact and climate change. The book does not confine itself to its title, as a great deal of the book is dedicated to environmental pollution and societal changes which must be made to preserve our biosphere in a clean, sustainable, survivable manner. Each chapter is followed by relevant exercises which both reinforce the concepts learned and are actually quite challenging and fun.One thing I must stress, however, is you must be firmly grounded in mathematics to appreciate much of this book. Minimum prerequisites should include calculus and analytic geometry and further study in differential equations. Some students who do not require this type of mathematics background may not be able to appreciate the book.Overall, the book was a challenging presentation of a very challenging problem. This would make an excellent textbook for elective study in physics, geochemistry, bioengineering, and Mathematics. For students of Environmental Physics, it is a “must have” item.I compare it to the Energy for a Technological Society course textbook I read thirty odd years ago and find much has changed, all is not hopeless, and if we as a society play our cards correctly we can make our technological society a win-win for both us and our biosphere.This text will inspire many leaders in the changes which must come for the human species to continue to survive and thrive.I must thank the Authors Egbert Boeker and Rienk van Grondelle for their superb work on a subject of utmost importance. I also thank Amazon for giving me the privilege of reviewing this text. It was profound.

⭐I haven’t read the whole book (that will take a while), but I have seen enough to give the basic idea here. This book is about the physics involved in two of the most serious problems of our time: (1) climate change, and (2) sustainable energy.If you read about environmental issues in the newspaper and want to understand the underlying science at a less superficial level, this book is ideal. Since I care about these issues a lot, I am looking forward to learning more about them in this book so that I can discuss these issues with some actual scientific knowledge to back up what I am talking about. This book would also make excellent supplemental reading for anyone taking basic undergraduate physics courses who wants to gain additional motivation and context for their studies by seeing how the material is relevant to pressing real-world problems.The physics in the book is all undergraduate-level and reviewed more or less from scratch as needed (giving nice crash courses in various areas of physics). Anyone who is comfortable with basic calculus and has a bit of familiarity with undergraduate-level physics can read the book. (And if one is not comfortable with some of this material, one can follow the advice of Roger Penrose and simply skip over any equation that one does not like.)

⭐This is an advanced, upper-level physics text specializing in environmental topics. Dexterity in basic physics,ordinary and partial differential equations, complex analysis and vector analysis is assumed.The chapter topics covered are :Light and Matter-Blackbody Radiation, UV and ozone pollution.Climate and Climate change – Greenhouse effect and gases, Radiation Transfer, Global Warming, Air and Ocean dyanamics, and the Carbon Cycle.Heat Engines -Heat Transfer, Carnot Cycle, Cogeneration of electricity, thermal pollution, hybrid and electric vehicles.Renewable Energy-solar, wind, hydro, biological power.Nuclear Power-Reactor operation, nuclear wastes and reprocessing, 4th generation reactors.Dispersion of pollutants-Diffusion Eq, groundwater and aquifers physics, Darcy’s Law, Navier-Stokes Eq, turbulence, Gaussian plumes.Monitoring with light-Absorption and Emmision analysis, atomic spectra, molecular vibration, rotation, and transitions. Raman, Rayleigh and Mie scattering.The context of Society-environmental issues

⭐I am not an expert. I read this out of interest only. The book is long enough to cover most topics in which I have an interest and provide an adequate level of detail necessary for me to better understand and to go off and research other ideas using the information contained in this book as a springboard. It pulled me in, but, honestly, is not a highly engaging … for fun … topic for me. Its mission, I assume, is to provide necessary information and its not to entertain. It, for me, is an excellent book and very much worth acquisition. I recommend it for individuals with an interest in physics, environmental engineering, public libraries, and university libraries. I give everything a grade, and this book, I believe, merits a grade of A-.

⭐Let me first say that this book is, first and foremeost, an excellent handbook for undergraduate environmental engineers and/or energy generation studies.In order to appreciate it, you will need a working knowledge of mathematics through differential equations as well as an understanding of mechanical physics, thermodynamics and organic chemistry.I believe the sustainable energy field of study is the most vital for the future of our planet so that both humans and the Earth can coexist for the next 10,000 years.Understanding the concepts presented in this book will certainly help steer more of our future scientists and engineers to this field.

⭐ho dovuto acquistarlo per un corso che seguo e sebbene la materia sia molto interessante e complessa, ahimé questa edizione non manca di parecchi errori (di battitura?!?!) che spesso bloccano la fluidità dell’apprendimento. Ma dopo un paio d’ore che si capisce che è un errore si prosegue fino al prossimo.

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