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Titles
- Oil
- Eyewitness books
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Attribution
written by John Farndon
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Format
Book
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Published
2007
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Availability
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Call Number
- J 553.2 Far
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Description and Reviews
While Mesopotamia explore the cradle of civilization and Great Scientists reveals the minds that shaped the modern world, China investigates the present-day culture of the most populous country on the planet, and Oil takes a look at the controversial substance responsible for the beginning-and, if we're not careful, the end of life as we know it today. summarized from Amazon.com
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Subject
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Notes
- Includes index.
- Provides information about oil and other petroleum products, explaining what they are and how they are used; discussing oil exploration, drilling, and refining; and looking at the problem of pollution and alternatives to oil as a fuel source. Includes clip-art CD-ROM and wall chart.
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Contents
- King oil
- Ancient oil
- Oil for light
- Dawn of the oil age
- The oil bonanza
- What is oil?
- Where oil comes from
- Natural gas
- Coal and peat
- Oil traps
- Solid oil
- How oil is found
- Getting the oil out
- Offshore oil rigs
- Piped oil
- Oil on the ocean
- Refining oil
- Energy and transportation
- Materials from oil
- Plastics and polymers
- Big oil
- The struggle for oil
- Dirty oil
- Saving oil
- Oil substitutes
- Wind power
- Solar energy
- Water power
- Nuclear power
- Production and consumption
- Timeline
- Find out more
- Glossary.
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ISBN
- 9780756629700
- 0756629705
- 0756629705
- 978075662970-0
