Heroes of Australian Science Sustainable energy
- South Yarra, Vic.: Macmillan Education Australia, 2012.
- 32 pages : colour illustrations, 27 cm.
- Heroes of Australian science .
In Sustainable Energy, meet four scientists whose work has contributed to our understandings of renewable energy sources, storing energy and the impact of new energy sources on the way we live: Martin Green - improving solar cells; Annette Cowie - understanding bioenergy; Michael Borowitzka - creating fuels from algae; and Maria Skyllas-Kazacos - inventing a battery to store renewable energy. Special features include: science behind it - explains key scientific principles; science jargon - provides vocabulary support for scientific terms; quotes from the profiled scientists; more about . . . - give extra information about key science concepts; and did you know? - provide amazing scientific facts