Energy Its Uses and the Environment, 6th Edition Roger A. Hinrichs – TESTBANK

Test Bank For Energy Its Uses and the Environment, 6th Edition Roger A. Hinrichs

1. ISBN-10

   0357719425
2. ISBN-13

   978-0357719428
3. Our society faces critical decisions regarding energy production and consumption, impacting areas such as transportation, politics, and construction. These decisions involve discussions on climate change, radioactive waste, and environmental regulations by governments, media, and corporations. Hinrichs/Wade’s ENERGY: ITS USE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 6th Edition, equips you with the scientific foundation to engage in these discussions and make informed choices. Emphasizing the physical principles of energy and its environmental impacts, this text covers mechanics, electricity, magnetism, thermodynamics, and atomic and nuclear physics. Through everyday examples and opportunities to develop and defend arguments, this text offers a thought-provoking approach to understanding this crucial field.

   About the Author

   Roger Hinrichs is presently a professor emeritus of physics at SUNY-Oswego. At SUNY-Oswego he was previously a professor of physics and department chair, and he taught energy-related courses for over 25 years. His training is in experimental nuclear physics, and his research involves studies of trace materials in environmental and biological samples using PIXE with Oswego’s Van de Graaff particle accelerator. He has an interest in energy use in developing countries, and spent time in Kenya and India, as well as one year as a Fulbright Scholar in the sultanate of Oman. Additionally, he spent four years as a visiting professor at the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. He co-directed the Institute in Energy Education, a program for secondary school science and technology teachers. In its 20 years, this program has impacted over 500,000 students and has won numerous awards. Dr. Hinrichs also supports active inquiry-based learning in the classroom; some of the activities in this text come from his course, “Physics for Elementary Education Majors.” He has worked as a consultant at local, state and national levels on matters of energy policy and energy technologies.