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Title Energy : a human history / Richard Rhodes.
Author Rhodes, Richard, 1937- author.
Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  333.79 RHO    Check Shelves
Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description xiv, 464 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-397) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Power resources -- History.
Power resources -- Social aspects.
Energy development -- History.
Energy development -- Social aspects.
ISBN 1501105353
9781501105357 : $30.00
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