Konrad B. Krauskopf,
Late Professor Emeritus, Stanford University Arthur Beiser
ISBN: 0073512125 Copyright year: 2010
What's New?
Because the organization of the previous edition worked well in the classroom, it was not altered. The principal changes for this edition were these: Text Revision The entire book was brought up to date with earth history and various aspects of astronomy receiving particular attention. A number of sections were rewritten for greater clarity and to incorporate additional information. New sidebars introduce such topics as energy use in walking and running, the effects of solar ultraviolet radiation on health,
atomic sizes, and the desalination of seawater. There are more illustrations, both drawings and photographs, than before, and many of the earlier photographs were replaced with better ones for their purposes.
New Chapter 4 A new chapter, “Energy and the Future,” is a largely nontechnical overview of world energy demand and population pressure, global warming and greenhouse-gas emissions, the chief present nonrenewable and renewable energy sources, future energy sources, energy conservation, and strategies for reducing fuel consumption and carbon
dioxide emissions. This material is cross-referenced to subsequent chapters for further details where appropriate. Previous editions contained much of what is now in this chapter, but it was distributed among seven chapters according to where the concepts fi t into the book’s organization. Now, to quote from the chapter introduction, “the energy problem in all its complexity is considered in one place so how its various parts fi t together is clear. Even though the scientific elements that cannot be properly discussed this early in the book are left
for later chapters, the basic ideas are all here so that those who do not cover the entire text can view the situation as a whole and appreciate how it affects them (and how they
affect it).”
“Chapter 4 is a now-necessary application of what these students are learning about energy, chemistry, and the evolving earth and our responsible use of scientific
knowledge and technological enhancements to human life.” —Roxanne R. Lane, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches
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