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 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 progress...Energy brings facts, context, and clarity
to a key, often contentious subject" (Booklist, starred review).
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