| Description |
xiv, 434 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
A Norton critical edition |
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Norton critical edition.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The History of Solar-Generated Electricity / John Perlin -- Solar Cells: What They Are and How They Work -- What Solar Cells Are -- Physical Characteristics -- Electrical Characteristics -- Cell Performance Ratings -- How Solar Cells Work -- The Nature of Sunlight -- Solid-State Physics -- Doping -- Junction Photovoltaic Cells -- Homojunctions -- Factors Which Influence Cell Efficiency -- Band Gap Width -- Recombination -- Reflectivity and Light Absorption -- Heterojunctions -- Schottky Barrier Junctions -- Advanced Semiconductor Devices -- How Solar Cells Are Made -- Silicon -- Metallurgical-Grade Silicon -- Semiconductor-Grade Silicon -- Growing Single Crystals -- Slicing the Crystal into Wafers -- Polishing and Etching the Wafer -- Forming the p-n Junction -- Applying the Fingers and Back Contact -- The Antireflection Coating -- Assembly into Modules -- New Production Techniques for Silicon -- Solar-Grade Silicon -- Polycrystalline Silicon -- Ribbon Growth Systems -- Amorphous Silicon -- Solar Cells and Modules -- Series and Parallel Strings -- Module Construction Techniques -- Encapsulation -- Module Failure Mechanisms -- Joints Between Cells -- Encapsulant Problems -- Shunt Diodes -- Concentrator Systems -- Two-Axis Tracking -- One-Axis Tracking -- Using Photovoltaics -- Current Cost of Solar Electricity -- Sizing the Array -- Calculating Load -- Sizing Methodology -- Installing Solar Cell Arrays -- Array Orientation -- Wiring the Array -- Combination Systems -- Inverters -- Rotary Inverters |
| Summary |
The 'terrible mistake' was the contemporary utilitarian philosophy, expounded in Hard Times (1854) as the Philosophy of Fact by the hard-headed disciplinarian Thomas Gradgrind. But the novel, Dickens's shortest, is more than a polemical tract for the times; the tragic story of Louisa Gradgrind and her father is one of Dickens's triumphs. When Louisa, trapped in a loveless marriage, falls prey to an idle seducer, the crisis forces her father to reconsider his cherished system. Yet even as the development of the story reflects Dickens's growing pessimism about human nature and society, Hard Times marks his return to the theme which had made his early works so popular: the amusements of the people. Sleary's circus represents Dickens's most considered defence of the necessity of entertainment, and infuses the novel with the good humour which has ensured its appeal to generations of readers |
| Analysis |
English fiction |
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English fiction |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1966 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [429]-430) |
| Subject |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Hard times.
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Social problems -- Fiction.
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Social problems -- England -- Fiction.
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Social problems -- England.
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| SUBJECT |
England http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82068148 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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England -- Social conditions -- 19th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043316 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114941
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Author |
Ford, George H. (George Harry), 1914-1994.
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Monod, Sylvère, 1921-2006.
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| LC no. |
89016394 |
| ISBN |
0393959007 |
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