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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 energy—from 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 informative...a 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 history...a 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 e

Who reads [9781501105357] Energy: A Human History-Hardcover?

Author

Richard Rhodes [Rhodes, Richard]

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501105357

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Management, Engineering

Rating

4.3 / 5 (472 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14