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  • Let It Shine

    The 6,000-Year Story of Solar Energy

    by John Perlin ...
    The definitive history of solar power and technologyEven as concern over climate change and energy security fuels a boom in solar technology, many still think of solar as a twentieth-century wonder. Few realize that the first photovoltaic array appeared on a New York City rooftop in 1884, or that brilliant engineers in France were using solar power in the 1860s to run steam engines, or that in ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    A Forest Journey

    The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization

    by John Perlin ...
    Narrated by Sean Runnette ...
    Series series Patagonia

    Unabridged

    15 hours 2 min

    A Foundational Conservation Story Revived.Ancient writers observed that forests always recede as civilizations develop and grow. The great Roman poet Ovid wrote that before civilization began, “even the pine tree stood on its own very hills” but when civilization took over, “the mountain oak, the pine were felled.”This happened for a simple reason: trees have been the principal fuel and building ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    Let It Shine

    The 6,000-Year Story of Solar Energy

    by John Perlin ...
    Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 22 min

    Even as concern over climate change and energy security fuel a boom in solar technology, many still think of solar as a twentieth-century wonder. Few realize that the first photovoltaic array appeared on a New York City rooftop in 1884, or that brilliant engineers in France were using solar power in the 1860s to run steam engines, or that in 1901 an ostrich farmer in Southern California used a ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook