《Man And Energy》

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION7

PREFACE TO THE PELICAN EDITION9

PART ⅠGROWTH OF POWER11

1 Dominion over Matter through Energy13

2 Machines in the Pre-Metrical Age22

3 Inanimate Driving Power － the Development of Steam42

4 World Reserves of Available Energy61

5 Nuclear Energy71

6 Towards Tektopia － The Conflict between Inanimate and Animate Prime Movers80

7 Towards Tektopia － A Survey of Energy Users in the Modern World95

8 Towards Tektopia － Man and Energy in War111

9 Escape from Tektopia120

10 The Second Law of Thermodynamics as an Engineering Rule124

PART ⅡGROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE133

11 The Impact of Thermodynamics on Wider Problems135

12 Entropy as a Guide to the Trend of Molecular Processes146

13 Heat Death and Heat Birth of the Observable World160

14 Thermodynamics and Life166

15 Thermodynamic Laws and Cognition183

16 Man in Two Realms of Cognition191

APPENDIX Ⅰ．The Forms of Energy197

APPENDIX Ⅱ．The Laws of Thermodynamics209

REFERENCES211

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS217

INDEX219