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Energy: A Human History

English

By (author): Richard Rhodes

A meticulously researched (The New York Times Book Review) examination of energy transitions over time and an exploration of the current challenges presented by global warming, a surging world population, and renewable energyfrom Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes.

People have lived and died, businesses have prospered and failed, and nations have risen to world power and declined, all over energy challenges. Through an unforgettable cast of characters, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes explains how wood gave way to coal and coal made room for oil, as we now turn to natural gas, nuclear power, and renewable energy. Entertaining and informativea powerful look at the importance of science (NPR.org), Rhodes looks back on five centuries of progress, through such influential figures as Queen Elizabeth I, King James I, Benjamin Franklin, Herman Melville, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford.

In his magisterial historya tour de force of popular science (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Rhodes shows how breakthroughs in energy production occurred; from animal and waterpower to the steam engine, from internal-combustion to the electric motor. He looks at the current energy landscape, with a focus on how wind energy is competing for dominance with cast supplies of coal and natural gas. He also addresses the specter of global warming, and a population hurtling towards ten billion by 2100.

Human beings have confronted the problem of how to draw energy from raw material since the beginning of time. Each invention, each discovery, each adaptation brought further challenges, and through such transformations, we arrived at where we are today. A beautifully written, often inspiring saga of ingenuity and progressEnergy brings facts, context, and clarity to a key, often contentious subject (Booklist, starred review). See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 370g
  • Dimensions: 140 x 213mm
  • Publication Date: 27 Jun 2019
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781501105364

About Richard Rhodes

Richard Rhodes is the author of numerous books and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He graduated from Yale University and has received fellowships from the Ford Foundation the National Endowment for the Arts the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Appearing as host and correspondent for documentaries on public televisions Frontline and American Experience series he has also been a visiting scholar at Harvard and MIT and is an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Visit his website RichardRhodes.com.

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