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From: Martin Gitten

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IEEE PRESS PUBLISHES BOOK ON ENERGY AND MAN

(New York, N. Y. ) - The publication of Energy and Man:Technical and Social Aspects of Energy, a Book of SelectedReprints edited by AvL Granger Morgan of Carnegie-MellonUniversity, has been announced by the IEEE PRESS.

This volume renders it unnecessary for a reader to make hisway through six to eight shelf-feet of published materialbefore beginning to feel literate in the technology of energyand its interactions with society. The 63 papers includedwere carefully selected from this large body of literature asbeing the most important and informative, both to the new-comer to the field and to the energy professional.

This book addresses energy problems at the technology-soci-ety interface, largely from the perspective of the technologist.Among the various energy technologies, greatest emphasisis placed upon the electric sector. There is substantial cov-erage of some of the fundamental social and environmentalimpacts and interactions which result from energy use, andsome space has been allotted to direct fuel use in industrialapplications and space heating.

The book consists of five parts. Part I: Reference Frame--The Earth System gives an overview of the basic limits andparameters established by the earth system and explores pos-

sible interactions between human energy use and the globalocean-atmosphere system. In Part II: An Overview of en-ergy Use in the United States, the history and projection ofenergy use in the United States is explored at a fairly generallevel. Part III: The Technology of Energy discusses thepresent and future status of most of the major energy conver-sion, transmission, and storage technologies. The final twoparts concentrate on some of the social aspects of energy use.Part IV: Social Issues--The Benefits and Costs of EnergyUse focuses on the social benefits and costs of energy gen-eration and use, with emphasis on nuclear and coal genera-tion technology. Part V: Social Issues--Prices, DemandGrowth, and Conservation contains representative selectionson the important subjects given in its title. Several appen-dixes, including one consisting of a list of bibliographies, addto the reference value of the book.

This 536-page book is priced at $9. 95 for the paperboundmember edition. A clothbound edition is available for $19. 95(discounted to $14. 95 for IEEE members).

This book maysbe ordered postpaid from the IEEE ServiceCenter, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, N. J. 08854. Pay-ment should accompany the order.

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