Energy : a human history / Richard Rhodes.

"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 decli...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Rhodes, Richard, 1937- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Edition:	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Power resources > History. Power resources > Social aspects. Energy development > History. Energy development > Social aspects. Energy development. Power resources. History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	xiv, 464 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format:	Book