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Energy Sciences Resources

Physics
Renewable Energy
Electricity and Magnetism
Electronics
Atomic Bomb
Solar Cells
Elementary Particles

Energy for Kids
Energy Saver, Energy Today, and Energy Tomorrow - Energy.gov
Tiki's Guide to Energy
Energy Kids - US Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Touchstone Energy Kids Zone - a Fun place to learn about Energy
ENERGY STAR KIDS
Energy and kids
AE Kids : Home
Energy Quest Room
Dr. E's Energy Lab - EERE, U.S. Department of Energy
Famous People in Energy - DOE
Kids Page Glossary - DOE
Milestones in the History of Energy & Its Uses - DOE
A Gallery of Energy Pioneers - California Energy Commission

Famous Energy Scientists and Inventors
Archimedes of Syracuse (287 BC – 212 BC), Greek: is believed to setting enemy ships on fire using an array of mirrors; the Archimedes' screw, used for pumping water.

Gottfried Leibniz (1646 – 1716), German: introduced the "living force" (vis viva) concept which he defined as the product of the mass of an object and its velocity squared.

Sir Isaac Newton (1642 – 1727), English: mechanics and gravitation.

Anders Celsius (1701 – 1744), Swedish: proposed the Celsius temperature scale in 1742.

James Watt (1736 – 1819), Scottish: improvements to the Newcomen steam engine.

Thomas Young (1773 – 1829), English: was possibly the first to use the term "energy" instead of vis viva, in its modern sense in 1807.

Gustave-Gaspard Coriolis (1792 – 1843), French: the first to coin the term "work" for the transfer of energy by a force acting through a distance and described "kinetic energy" in 1829 in its modern sense.

William Rankine (1820 – 1872), Scottish: coined the term "potential energy" in 1853.

Edwin Laurentine Drake (1819 – 1880), American: the first oil driller in the United States.

James Prescott Joule (1818–1889), English: First Law of Thermodynamics, Mechanical Equivalent of Heat.

Nikolaus Otto (1832 - 1891), German: inventor of the first internal-combustion engine to efficiently burn fuel directly in a piston chamber.

William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) (1824 – 1907), Irish-Scottish: formulated the first and second laws of thermodynamics.

Rudolf Diesel (1858 – 1913), German: invented the diesel engine in 1893.

Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931), American: first power station; light bulb.

Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943), Serbian-American: alternating current (AC) electric power systems, including the polyphase system of electrical distribution and the AC motor.

Robert Goddard (1882 – 1945), American: the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, 1926.

Henry Ford (1863 – 1947), American: founder of Ford Motor Company; assembly line and mass production.

Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955), German-American: theorized that mass and energy are equivalent and interchangeable properties according to Einstein's famous formula: E=mc².

Frederick M. Jones (1893 – 1961), American: refrigeration improvements in transportation of perishable goods.

David Crosthwait (1898 – 1976), African-American: invented heating systems, refrigeration methods, temperature regulating devices, and vacuum pumps.

Louis Roberts (1913 - 1995), African-American: microwave technology.

Meredith C. Gourdine (1929 - 1998), African-American: converting low-grade coal into inexpensive, transportable and high-voltage electrical energy.


FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About New Energy Science and Technology
Energy Questions
Computer Energy Saving Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Water energy FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

General Energy Resources
NaturalGas.org
The Future of Coal - MIT
Mississippi State University MicroCHP (Cooling, Heating, and Power)
Fire and Arson Investigation Resources
Chernobyl/Tschernobyl Information - chernobyl.info
Nuclear Plants Around the World - Joseph Gonyeau
Energy Quest - California Energy Commission
Fossil Energy - DOE
Student's Corner - NRC
How Nuclear Power Works - HowStuffWorks
Alternative Energy Institute
District Energy Biographies - Morris A. Pierce

Glossaries and Dictionaries
Acronyms used in Energy Industry
Energy Glossary - DOE / EIA
Electric Power Industry Glossary
Energy glossary

Timelines
Energy Time Machine - California Energy Commission
Milestones in the History of Energy & Its Uses - DOE
History of Energy
Renewable Energy Timeline

Museums
Texas Energy Museum
Queensland Energy Museum
American Museum of Science and Energy

Stamps
Lichtenstein Renewable Energy stamps
Spain Renewable Energies Stamps

Humor & Trivia
Energy Trivia
Wind and solar power statistics, facts and trivia
Energy Jokes & Puns
Energy Quiz

Science Fair Projects and Experiments
Energy Projects
Force, Motion & Energy
Electricity
Solar & Renewable Energy
Magnetism Projects

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