Credit: World Scientific The progress of civilization is dependent on the effective use of energy and its transformation; from the sources of energy to how it can be applied to solve the needs of the citizens of this planet. The rules for the effective transformation and application of energy to these needs are actually very few: The three Laws of Thermodynamics (there's even a Zeroth Law for the very strict academics among us!). The correct application of these Laws should not be restricted to only professional engineers but extended to the practical engineer in all of us. This practical text not only provides the basics of engineering thermodynamics but also describes how they can be applied by both the trained and untrained energy entrepreneur, to contemporary problems of effective energy use on Earth.