Let it shine : the 6,000-year story of solar energy
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Published
Novato, California : New World Library, [2013].
Edition
Fully revised and expanded.
Physical Desc
xxi, 519 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Published
Novato, California : New World Library, [2013].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
Fully revised and expanded.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Revision of: A golden thread / by Ken Butti and John Perlin. -- Palo Alto : Cheshire Books ; New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, ©1980.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-495) and index.
Description
"Unprecedented gas prices, heat waves and droughts, climate change, Solyndra - all make "alternative" sources of energy contemporary areas of activism, controversy, lobbying, and legislation. Yet few know that the ancient Chinese, Greeks, and Romans used solar energy in their architecture; that Galileo and da Vinci both planned uses for the power of the sun; and that by 1918, there were more than 4,000 solar water heaters in California. The history of solar architecture and energy technologies gives readers an epiphany-producing sense of its future. Detailing a realistic alternative to fossil fuels, in illustrations the New York Times called "especially fine," and prose Library Journal termed "highly readable," Let It Shine shows that there is nothing - and plenty - new under the sun"--,Provided by publisher.
Description
"Details the history of strategies to use the power of the sun for human benefit, from the architecture of the ancient Chinese, Greeks, and Romans to the widespread use of solar water heaters in California at the turn of the 20th century"--,Provided by publisher.
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Prescott College - CIRCCOLL - Circulating Collection | TJ810.B88 2013 | Find It Now |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Perlin, J. (2013). Let it shine: the 6,000-year story of solar energy (Fully revised and expanded.). New World Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Perlin, John. 2013. Let It Shine: The 6,000-year Story of Solar Energy. New World Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Perlin, John. Let It Shine: The 6,000-year Story of Solar Energy New World Library, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Perlin, John. Let It Shine: The 6,000-year Story of Solar Energy Fully revised and expanded., New World Library, 2013.
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