Download or read book Materials for Advanced Power Engineering 1994 written by D. Coutsouradis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1994 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of energy in the modern world goes beyond mere technology and economics to influence welfare, the environment, the quality of life and, in broad terms, civilization itself. Since the Industrial Revolution, energy conservation technology has been at the forefront of the innovation required to satisfy the needs of mankind and, more than any other, this technology has always depended on the performance of the materials used.