The Resource Let it shine : the 6,000-year story of solar energy, John Perlin ; foreword by Amory B. Lovins
Let it shine : the 6,000-year story of solar energy, John Perlin ; foreword by Amory B. Lovins
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- Summary
- "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."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Fully revised and expanded.
- Extent
- xxi, 519 pages
- Note
- Revision of: A golden thread / by Ken Butti and John Perlin. -- Palo Alto : Cheshire Books ; New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, ©1980
- Contents
-
- pt. 1. Early use of the sun
- Chinese solar architecture (6000 BCE- )
- Solar architecture in ancient Greece (500 BCE-300 CE)
- Ancient Roman solar architecture (100 BCE-500 CE)
- Burning mirrors (400 BCE-1700s)
- Heat for horticulture (1500s-1800s)
- Solar hot boxes (1767-1800s)
- pt. 2. Power from the sun
- The first solar motors (1860-1880)
- Two American pioneers (1972-1904)
- Low-temperature solar engines (1885-1915)
- The first practical solar engine (1906-1914)
- pt. 3. Solar water heating
- The first commercial solar water heaters (1891-1911)
- Hot water, day and night (1909-1941)
- A flourishing solar industry (1923-1950)
- Solar water heating worldwide, part 1 (1930s-1960s)
- Saving Airmen with the sun (1943- )
- pt. 4. Solar house heating
- Solar building during the enlightenment (1807-1850)
- Solar architecture in Europe after Faust and Vorherr (1850-1939)
- Solar heating in early America (1200-1912)
- An American revival (1931-1950s)
- Solar collectors for house heating (1882-1962)
- pt. 5. Photovoltaics
- From selenium to silicon (1876- )
- Saved by the space race (1971- )
- The first large-scale photovoltaic applications on earth (1968- )
- pt. 6. The post -oil embargo era
- Prelude to the embargo (1945- )
- Solar in the 1970s and 1980s
- America's first solar city (1920s- )
- Solar water heating worldwide, part 2 (1973- )
- Photovoltaics for the world (1978- )
- Better solar cells, cheaper solar cells (1955- )
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9781608681327
- Label
- Let it shine : the 6,000-year story of solar energy
- Title
- Let it shine
- Title remainder
- the 6,000-year story of solar energy
- Statement of responsibility
- John Perlin ; foreword by Amory B. Lovins
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Perlin, John
- Dewey number
- 621.4709
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TJ810
- LC item number
- .B88 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Solar energy
- Architecture and solar radiation
- HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable
- ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design
- HISTORY / Civilization
- Label
- Let it shine : the 6,000-year story of solar energy, John Perlin ; foreword by Amory B. Lovins
- Note
- Revision of: A golden thread / by Ken Butti and John Perlin. -- Palo Alto : Cheshire Books ; New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, ©1980
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-495) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. 1. Early use of the sun -- Chinese solar architecture (6000 BCE- ) -- Solar architecture in ancient Greece (500 BCE-300 CE) -- Ancient Roman solar architecture (100 BCE-500 CE) -- Burning mirrors (400 BCE-1700s) -- Heat for horticulture (1500s-1800s) -- Solar hot boxes (1767-1800s) -- pt. 2. Power from the sun -- The first solar motors (1860-1880) -- Two American pioneers (1972-1904) -- Low-temperature solar engines (1885-1915) -- The first practical solar engine (1906-1914) -- pt. 3. Solar water heating -- The first commercial solar water heaters (1891-1911) -- Hot water, day and night (1909-1941) -- A flourishing solar industry (1923-1950) -- Solar water heating worldwide, part 1 (1930s-1960s) -- Saving Airmen with the sun (1943- ) -- pt. 4. Solar house heating -- Solar building during the enlightenment (1807-1850) -- Solar architecture in Europe after Faust and Vorherr (1850-1939) -- Solar heating in early America (1200-1912) -- An American revival (1931-1950s) -- Solar collectors for house heating (1882-1962) -- pt. 5. Photovoltaics -- From selenium to silicon (1876- ) -- Saved by the space race (1971- ) -- The first large-scale photovoltaic applications on earth (1968- ) -- pt. 6. The post -oil embargo era -- Prelude to the embargo (1945- ) -- Solar in the 1970s and 1980s -- America's first solar city (1920s- ) -- Solar water heating worldwide, part 2 (1973- ) -- Photovoltaics for the world (1978- ) -- Better solar cells, cheaper solar cells (1955- ) -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 1558714
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Fully revised and expanded.
- Extent
- xxi, 519 pages
- Isbn
- 9781608681327
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013010030
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1558714
- (Sirsi) 1558714
- (OCoLC)842316230
- Label
- Let it shine : the 6,000-year story of solar energy, John Perlin ; foreword by Amory B. Lovins
- Note
- Revision of: A golden thread / by Ken Butti and John Perlin. -- Palo Alto : Cheshire Books ; New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, ©1980
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-495) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. 1. Early use of the sun -- Chinese solar architecture (6000 BCE- ) -- Solar architecture in ancient Greece (500 BCE-300 CE) -- Ancient Roman solar architecture (100 BCE-500 CE) -- Burning mirrors (400 BCE-1700s) -- Heat for horticulture (1500s-1800s) -- Solar hot boxes (1767-1800s) -- pt. 2. Power from the sun -- The first solar motors (1860-1880) -- Two American pioneers (1972-1904) -- Low-temperature solar engines (1885-1915) -- The first practical solar engine (1906-1914) -- pt. 3. Solar water heating -- The first commercial solar water heaters (1891-1911) -- Hot water, day and night (1909-1941) -- A flourishing solar industry (1923-1950) -- Solar water heating worldwide, part 1 (1930s-1960s) -- Saving Airmen with the sun (1943- ) -- pt. 4. Solar house heating -- Solar building during the enlightenment (1807-1850) -- Solar architecture in Europe after Faust and Vorherr (1850-1939) -- Solar heating in early America (1200-1912) -- An American revival (1931-1950s) -- Solar collectors for house heating (1882-1962) -- pt. 5. Photovoltaics -- From selenium to silicon (1876- ) -- Saved by the space race (1971- ) -- The first large-scale photovoltaic applications on earth (1968- ) -- pt. 6. The post -oil embargo era -- Prelude to the embargo (1945- ) -- Solar in the 1970s and 1980s -- America's first solar city (1920s- ) -- Solar water heating worldwide, part 2 (1973- ) -- Photovoltaics for the world (1978- ) -- Better solar cells, cheaper solar cells (1955- ) -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 1558714
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Fully revised and expanded.
- Extent
- xxi, 519 pages
- Isbn
- 9781608681327
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013010030
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1558714
- (Sirsi) 1558714
- (OCoLC)842316230
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