Environment, Power, and Society
- ISBN-10
- 0471652709
- ISBN-13
- 9780471652700
- Pages
- 331
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1970
- Author
- Howard Thomas Odum
Description
This world system; What power is; Power in ecological systems; Power basis for man; Power for order and evolution; Power and economics; Power and politics; Energetic basis for religion; Electrical simulation of energy networks; Partnership with nature; What systems are next?
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