Energy: A Human History -

Richard Rhodes

Simon & Schuster

2018

481 páginas

16h 2m

ISBN-10: B075RVX2N3

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. 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 Energy, Rhodes highlights the successes and failures that led to each breakthrough in energy production; from animal and waterpower to the steam engine, from internal-combustion to the electric motor. He addresses how we learned from such challenges, mastered their transitions, and capitalized on their opportunities. Rhodes also 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.

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Uma viagem pela história

Apesar da gigantesca amplitude do tema, o autor consegue partir do carvão às energias renovaveis com impressionante profundidade. É uma leitura densa e que exige atenção, mas certamente irá preender os curiosos e ávidos por aprender.