In hmolscience, Barry Commoner (1917-2012) was an American biologist, ecologist, and politician noted for his 1976 The Poverty of Power: Energy and the Economic Crisis, in which, according to Michael Macrakis, he prepared a popular presentation of thermodynamics in support of his policy views on the then trendy energy conservation. [1] The gist of the book seems to comprise an opening laymanized history of thermodynamics chapter, followed by chapters on energy use sources, fossil fuels, nuclear fuel, solar power, etc. [2]
References
1. Macrakis, Michael S. (1997). Scarcity’s Way: the Origins of Capital: a Critical Essay on Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics and Economics. (pg. 102). Springer.
2. Commoner, Barry. (1976). The Poverty of Power: Energy and the Economic Crisis. Alfred A. Knopf.
External links
● Barry Commoner – Wikipedia.
