Author	Pielou, E. C., 1924-
Title	The energy of nature [electronic resource] / E.C. Pielou
Imprint	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001
Connect to	http://chicago.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7208/chicago/9780226668055.001.0001/upso-9780226668062
Descript	1 online resource (x, 244 p.) : ill

This book explores energy's role in nature - how and where it originates, what it does, and what becomes of it. Drawing on a wide range of scientific disciplines, from physics, chemistry, and biology to all the earth sciences, as well as on her own lifelong experience as a naturalist, the author opens our eyes to the myriad ways energy and its transfer affect the earth and its inhabitants

1. Force and energy