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Table of Contents

• Foreword to the Third Edition
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1 Generalites
• Part I Heat Engines
• Chapter 2 A Minimum of Thermodynamics and of the Kinetic Theory of Gases
• Chapter 3 Mechanical Heat Engines
• Chapter 4 Ocean Thermal Energy Converters
• Chapter 5 Thermoelectricity
• Chapter 6 Thermionics
• Chapter 7 AMTEC†
• Chapter 8 Radio-Noise Generators
• Part II The World of Hydrogen
• Chapter 9 Fuel Cells
• Chapter 10 Hydrogen Production
• Chapter 11 Hydrogen Storage
• Part III Energy from the Sun
• Chapter 12 Solar Radiation
• Chapter 13 Biomass
• Chapter 14 Photovoltaic Converters
• Part IV Wind and Water
• Chapter 15 Wind Energy
• Chapter 16 Ocean Engines
• Chapter 17 Nuclear Energy
• Chapter 18 Storage of Energy