Energy

Energy — page 3 — Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Blue Design Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed in the United States of America Photographs by Dreamstime Linda Bair Karen Gentry Joedeer Witold Krasowski Laurence Romaric Prada Tiberiu Getty Images Apic CBS Photo Archive FABRICE COFFRINI AFP ESA-S CORVAJA Frank Gaglione Bernard Hoffman Time Life Pictures MAXIMILIAN STOCK LTD Steve McAlister Vida Morkunas Tim Platt Rischgitz SSPL Stock Montage Stock Montage Stocktrek Images Harald Sund iStockphoto Evgeny Terentev WendellandCarolyn Cover and folio illustration 2011 Alex Ryan Copyright 2013 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Whiting Jim Energy by Jim Whiting p cm Mysteries of the universe Includes bibliographical references and index Summary An examination of the science behind the physical phenomenon known as energy including relevant theories and history making discoveries as well as topics of current and future research ISBN 978-1-60818-187-2 hard cover ISBN 978-1-56660-137-5 eBook 1 Force and energy Juvenile literature I Title QC73 4 W476 2012 531 6 dc23 2011040138 First Edition 987654321

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Energy — page 5 — Greek philosopher Aristotle

Energy — page 6 — TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 9 CHAPTERS ENERGY’S ORIGINS 10 DEVELOPING ENERGY 17 MOVERS AND SHAKERS 29 OUT OF THE DARK 37 ENERGETIC ASIDES LET THERE BE ELECTRIC LIGHT 21 BUILDING THE BOMB 27 WATER POWER 41 RENEWING THE SEARCH 44 ENDNOTES 46 WEB SITES 47 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 47 INDEX 48

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