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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Name: King, George C., author.

Title: Physics of energy sources / George C. King, University of Manchester, UK.

Other titles: Manchester physics series.

Description: First edition. | Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,

 [2018] | Series: Manchester physics series

Identifiers: LCCN 2016050484 (print) | LCCN 2016054262 (ebook) | ISBN

 9781119961673 (hardback ; cloth) | ISBN 111996167X (hardback ; cloth) |

 ISBN 9781119961680 (pbk.) | ISBN 1119961688 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781118698440

 (pdf) | ISBN 9781118698426 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Power resources. | Renewable energy sources. | Physics.

Classification: LCC TJ163.2 .K53 2018 (print) | LCC TJ163.2 (ebook) | DDC
 621.3101/53–dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016050484

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