Wrapping It All Up—What Next?

Raj Sharma () and Vishnu Pareek ()
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Raj Sharma: Curtin University
Vishnu Pareek: Curtin University

Chapter Chapter 7 in The World of Energy, 2020, pp 61-64 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Energy drives life. All life. In all its manifestations. Life requires work. Energy is the capacity to do work. Power is the rate of doing work—how fast. Invention of the steam engine in the Eighteenth Century, fueled by coal enabled Man to do work at a speed and scale never seen before. Industrial revolution had begun and the seeds of modern-day life sown.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-6724-7_7

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