Physics 367 Supplemental Readings
The syllabus is designed to allow students sufficient time to read Scientific American material for their presentations, to find additional outside materials and to meet with the instructor. The Scientific American reprints are:
| Topic | Author | Issue | Title |
| Resources | A. Squires | 10/72 | Clean Power from Dirty Fuels |
| N. Cochran | 5/76 | Oil and Gas from Coal | |
| A. Flower | 3/78 | World Oil Production | |
| E. Griffith & A. Clarke | 1/79 | World Coal Production | |
| R .Balzhiser & K. Yeager | 9/87 | Coal Fired Power Plants for the Future | |
| G. Davis | 9/90 | Energy for Planet Earth | |
| W. Fulkerson et al. | 9/90 | Energy from Fossil Fuels | |
| E. Corcoran | 5/91 | Cleaning Up Coal | |
| J. Kraushaar & R.Ristinen | 1993 | Hydroelectric Power | |
| G. Cooper | 5/94 | Directional Drilling | |
| C. Campbell & J. Laherrère | 3/98 | The End of Cheap Oil | |
| R. George | 3/98 | Mining for Oil | |
| R. Anderson | 3/98 | Oil Production in the 21st Century | |
| S. Fouda | 3/98 | Liquid Fuels from Natural Gas | |
| Pollution | G. Likens et al. | 10/79 | Acid Rain |
| R. Revelle | 8/82 | Carbon Dioxide and World Climate | |
| R. Shaw | 8/87 | Air Pollution by Particles | |
| A. Nero | 5/88 | Controlling Indoor Air Pollution | |
| V. Mohnen | 8/88 | The Challenge of Acid Rain | |
| T. Graedel & P.Crutzen | 9/89 | The Changing Atmosphere | |
| R. White | 7/90 | The Great Climate Debate | |
| P. Jones & T. Wigley | 8/90 | Global Warming Trends | |
| H. Hubbard | 4/91 | The Real Cost of Energy | |
| O. Toon & R. Turco | 6/91 | Polar Clouds and Ozone Depletion | |
| F. Bazzaz & E.Fajer | 1/92 | Plant Life in a CO2-Rich World | |
| L. Hedin & G. Likens | 12/96 | Atmospheric Dust and Acid Rain | |
| W. Ott & J. Roberts | 2/98 | Everyday Exposure to Toxic Pollutants | |
| P. Hoffman & D, Schrag | 1/00 | Snowball Earth | |
| H. Herzog, B. Eliasson & O. Kaarstad | 2/00 | Capturing Greenhouse Gases | |
| Conservation | R. Kayfitz | 2/84 | The Population of China |
| A. Vining | 4/85 | The Growing Regions of the Third World | |
| A. Rosenfeld et al. | 4/88 | Energy-efficient Buildings | |
| A. Fickett et al. | 9/90 | Efficient Use of Electricity | |
| R. Bevington & A. Rosenfeld | 9/90 | Energy for Building Homes | |
| M. Ross & D. Steinmeyer | 9/90 | Energy for Industry | |
| D. Blevissn & P. Walzer | 9/90 | Energy for Motor Vehicles | |
| R. Repetto | 6/92 | Accounting for Environmental Assets | |
| J. Bongaarts | 3/94 | Can the Growing Human Pop. Feed Itself? | |
| J. DeCicco & M. Ross | 12/94 | Improving Automotive Efficiency | |
| Alternatives | P. Moretti & L. Divone | 6/86 | Modern Windmills |
| R. Hamakawa | 4/87 | Photovoltaic Power | |
| J. Reganold et al. | 6/90 | Sustainable Agriculture | |
| C. Weinberg & R.Williams | 9/90 | Energy from the Sun | |
| I. Dostrovsky | 12/91 | Chemical Fuels from the Sun | |
| C. Gasser & R. Fraley | 6/92 | Transgenic Crops | |
| W. Hoagland | 9/95 | Solar Energy | |
| D. Plucknett et al. | 9/95 | Technology for Sustainable Agriculture | |
| J. Kargel & R. Strom | 11/96 | The Case for Electric Vehicles | |
| V. Wouk | 10/97 | Hybrid Electric Vehicles | |
| E. Glenn et al. | 8/98 | Irrigating Crops with Seawater | |
| T. Coutts & M. Fitzgerald | 9/98 | Thermophotovoltaics | |
| A. John Appleby | 7/99 | The Electrochemical Engine for Vehicles | |
| C. Dyer | 7/99 | The Power Plant in Your Basement | |
| C. Dyer | 7/99 | Replacing the Battery in Portable Electronics | |