Energy : a human history / Richard Rhodes.
Describes five centuries of progress through the history of energy sources, from wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond and highlights the successes and failures that led to each innovation.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501105357
- ISBN: 1501105353
- Physical Description: xiv, 464 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-443) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1. Power. No wood, no kingdom ; Raising water by fire ; A giant with one idea ; To make for all the world ; Catch me who can ; Unconquered steam! -- Part 2. Light. Rushlight to gaslight ; Pursuing Leviathan ; Burning fluids ; Wild animals ; Great forces of nature ; A cadence of water ; An enormous yellow cheese ; Pillars of black cloud -- Part 3. New fires. A gift of God ; One-armed men doing welding ; Full power in fifty-seven ; Affection from the smog ; The dark age to come ; All aboard. |
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Subject: | Power resources > History. Power resources > Social aspects. Energy development > History. Energy development > Social aspects. |
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- 14 of 15 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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Carnegie PL of Steuben Co - Angola | 333.7909 RHO (Text) | 33118000186102 | Adult: Nonfiction | Available | - |
Centerville Center Twp PL - Centerville | 333.79 RHO (Text) | 76895000292757 | 1st Floor Nonfiction | Available | - |
Fulton Co PL - Rochester Main Library | 333.79 RHO (Text) | 33187004384281 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Greenwood PL - Greenwood | NONFICTION SOCIAL TOPICS ENVIRONMENTAL Rhodes (Text) | 36626103963427 | 2nd Floor Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Hussey-Mayfield Mem. PL - Zionsville | 333.79 RHODES (Text) | 33946003365272 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/18/2024 |
Jay Co PL - Portland | 333.7909 R477 (Text) | 76383000460144 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Jefferson Co PL - Madison Main Branch | 333.7909 RHOD (Text) | 39391006887507 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Lebanon PL - Lebanon | HISTORY Civilization Rhodes (Text)
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Mitchell Comm. PL - Mitchell | 333.7909 RHO (Text) | 36823001597205 | Non Fiction | Available | - |
New Castle-Henry County PL - New Castle | 333.7909 RHOD (Text) | 39231033456035 | Adult Non-fiction Collection | Available | - |