| Title |
Energy : a human history |
| Sub Title |
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| Author(s) |
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| Call No |
623.45 RHO |
| Subject(s) |
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| ISBN |
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| Volume |
, |
| Publisher Name |
Simon and Schuster |
| Publishing Year |
2018 |
| Edition |
1st |
| Pages |
464 |
| Price |
0.00 PKR |
| Text Language |
English |
| Available |
Yes, Accessions:[ 105392, 105423 ] |
| Description |
"Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time--wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond. People have lived and died, businesses have prospered and failed, and nations have risen to world power and declined, all over energy challenges. Ultimately, the history of these challenges tells the story of humanity itself. ... Human beings have confronted the problem of how to draw life from raw material sinc |
| Keywords |
Energy transitions; Energy Production; Power resources-History; global warming; Natural Gas; Oil |