From Eros to Gaia
- Kind
- Book
- Date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Retrieved
- Apr 25, 2012
- ISBN
- J_e2AAAAIA
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Gravity is Energy
The laws of thermodynamics decree that each quantity of en^rgy has a characteristic quaUty called entropy associated with it. The entropy measures the degree of disorder associated with the energy. Energy must always flow in such a direction that the entropy increases. Thus, we can arrange the different forms of…
Humanity is Fortunate to Have a Variety of Energy Sources Available
Humanity is fortunate in having such a variety of energy resources at its disposal. In the very long run we shall need energy that is unpolluting; we shall have sunlight. In the fairly long run we shall need energy that is inexhaustible and moderately clean; we shall have deuterium. In the short run we shall need…
The Promotion of the Apollo Program
The success of Apollo was mainly due to the fact that the project was conceived and honestly presented to the public as an international sporting event and not as a contribution to science. The order of priorities in Apollo was accurately reflected by the first item to be unloaded after each landing on the Moon's…