The Essential Exponential!
For the Future of Our Planet

 
Book Table of Contents
 
Preface by Gerald F. Wheeler, Executive Director, National Science Teachers Association
Chapter 1 - Exponential Recollections by AAB

Chapter 2 - On Energy - articles by Albert A. Bartlett
THE FORGOTTEN FUNDAMENTALS OF THE ENERGY CRISIS Amer. J. of Physics, Vol. 46, September 1978, Pgs. 876-888
COAL: NO SUPERABUNDANCE FOR US Physics Today, Letters, December 1976, May, 1977
CORRECTION TO ESTIMATES OF FOSSIL FUEL LIFETIMES J. of Chemical Education, Vol. 58, No. 6, June 1981, Pgs. 501-502
NATURAL GAS AND TRANSPORTATION by A. A. B. & Robert A. Ristinen Physics and Society, Vol. 24, No. 4, October, 1995, Pgs 9-10
AN ANALYSIS OF U.S. AND WORLD OIL PRODUCTION USING HUBBERT CURVES. Mathematical Geology, Vol.32, No. 1, Pgs.1-17, Jan. 2000
ENERGY CONSERVATION IS CONSERVATIVE. Boulder Daily Camera, July 1, 2001, Pgs. 3E-4E.

Chapter 3 - On Population - articles by Albert A. Bartlett
ZERO GROWTH OF THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES A. A. B. & Edward P. Lytwak (Carrying Capacity Network, Washington, D.C.) Population & Environment, Vol. 16, No. 5, May 1995, Pgs. 415-428
DEMOCRACY CANNOT SURVIVE OVERPOPULATION Population & Environment, Vol.22, #1, September 2000, Pgs.63-71
THE MASSIVE MOVEMENT TO MARGINALIZE THE MODERN MALTHUSIAN MESSAGE. The Social Contract, Vol.8, No. 3, Pgs.239-251, Spring. 1998
REGIONWIDE PLANNING WILL MAKE THE PROBLEMS WORSE. The Social Contract, Vol. 9, No. 4, Pgs.224-227, Summer 1999.

Chapter 4 - On Resources - articles by Albert A. Bartlett
SUSTAINED AVAILABILITY: A MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES Amer. J. of Physics, Vol. 54, May 1986, Pgs. 398-402
EXPERT PREDICTIONS OF THE LIFETIMES OF NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCESThe Mathematical Gazette, Vol. 78, No. 482, July 1994, Pgs. 127-129
REFLECTIONS ON SUSTAINABILITY, POPULATION GROWTH, AND THE ENVIRONMENT - REVISITED Renewable Resources J., Vol. 15, No. 4, Winter 1997-1998, Pgs. 6-23
LETTERS IN RESPONSE TO THE ARTICLE ABOVE Renewable Resources J. Vol. 16, No. 1, Spring, 1998, Pgs 6,7,24

Chapter 5 - Related Articles by Hubbert and Roper
EXPONENTIAL GROWTH AS A TRANSIENT PHENOMENON IN HUMAN HISTORY, by M. King Hubbert, World Wildlife Fund, Fourth International Congress, The Fragile Earth: Toward Strategies for Survival, San Francisco, 1976.
THE DEPLETION THEORY by L. David Roper http://arts.bev.net/roperldavid/minerals/DepletTh.htm, 1976.
CRUDE OIL DEPLETION by L. David Roper http://arts.bev.net/roperldavid/minerals/crudeoil.htm, 2003.

Chapter 6- The Arithmetic of Growth - articles by Albert A. Bartlett
THE ARITHMETIC OF GROWTH: METHODS OF CALCULATION Population & Environment, Vol. 14, No. 4, March 1993, Pgs. 359-387
ARITHMETIC OF GROWTH: METHODS AND CALCULATIONS, II Population & Environment, Vol.20, No. 3, January 1999, Pgs.215-246
THE RISING TIDE IS NOT LIFTING ALL SHIPS EQUALLY Population & Environment, Vol.19, No. 5, May 1998, Pgs.439-441

Chapter 7 - The Exponential Function - articles by Albert A. Bartlett
THE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION, PART I The Physics Teacher, Vol. 14, October 1976, Pgs. 393-401
THE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION, PART II The Physics Teacher, Vol. 14, November 1976, Pg. 485, 518
THE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION, PART III The Physics Teacher, Vol. 15, January 1977, Pgs. 37, 38, 62
THE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION, PART IV The Physics Teacher, Vol. 15, March 1977, Pg. 98
THE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION, PART V The Physics Teacher, Vol. 15, April 1977, Pgs. 225-226
THE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION, PART VI The Physics Teacher, Vol. 16, January 1978, Pgs. 23-24
THE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION, PART VII The Physics Teacher, Vol. 16, February 1978, Pgs. 92-93
THE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION, PART VIII The Physics Teacher, Vol. 16, March 1978, Pgs. 158-159
THE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION, PART IX The Physics Teacher, Vol. 17, January 1979, Pgs. 23-24
LARGE CONSEQUENCES OF SMALL EVENTS The Physics Teacher, Vol. 18, April 1980, Pgs. 300-302
A World Full of Oil THE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION, PART X The Physics Teacher, Vol. 28, November 1990, Pgs. 540-541
THE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION, XI: THE NEW FLAT EARTH SOCIETY The Physics Teacher, Vol. 34, No. 6, September 1996, Pgs. 342-343
PHYSICS FROM THE NEWS: CURVE FITTING The Physics Teacher, Vol. 32, May 1994, Pgs. 278-281
FASTER THAN EXPONENTIAL by A. A. B. & Haym Kruglak (West. Mich. Univ.) The Physics Teacher, Vol.36, October 1998, Pgs.422-423
Chapter 8 - Endnotes by Robert G. Fuller, Vicki L. Plano Clark and John Rogers

Chapter 9 - Annotated Bibliography of Exponential Articles by AAB
Index