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RICHARD
RHODES Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB |
| ENERGY
A HUMAN HISTORY |
| 一部縱貫人類智慧宏觀之作,聚焦革新世界的能源轉型
衡諸人類生死、企業起落、國家稱霸乃至敗亡,往往與能源問題密切相關。歸根究柢,能源挑戰的過程正是一部人類發展史。 透過一群卓越的人仕,普立茲獎得主理查・羅德斯闡釋能源演變過程,始自木材如何讓位煤炭,而煤炭為石油所取代,而如今,煤炭與石油正逐步讓出空間,交棒給天然氣、再生能源與核能。羅德斯回顧五個世紀的發展軌跡,從伊莉莎白一世、詹姆士一世、班傑明・富蘭克林,到石油先驅艾德溫・德瑞克、亨利・福特、瑞秋・卡森,以及義大利未來主義思想家切薩雷・馬凱蒂,透過這些關鍵人物的視角,描繪能源轉換如何塑造世界。 羅德斯也深入剖析每一次能源突破背後的成功與挫敗:從畜力與水力,到蒸汽機;從內燃機到電力,以至於開發風力與太陽能。他揭示人類如何在一次次試驗中汲取教訓,掌握轉換的關鍵,並善用箇中機遇。同時,羅德斯亦正視全球暖化這項史上規模最大的能源轉型挑戰,指出再生能源市場滲透率有限,與威脅迫切性之間存在著危險落差。以其獨到的敘事風格,羅德斯闡述這些幾乎遺忘的歷史,正可為吾人指引未來的方向。 A SWEEPING HISTORY OF HUMAN INGENUITY OVER TIME, HIGHLIGHTING THE ENERGY TRANSITIONS THAT REVOLUTIONIZED THE WORLD. 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. 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 coal and oil are now making room for natural gas, renewable energy, and nuclear power. Rhodes looks back on five centuries of progress, seen through the eyes of such influential figures as Queen Elizabeth I, King James I, Benjamin Franklin, petroleum pioneer Edwin Drake, Henry Ford, Richel Carson, and the Italian futurist Cesare Marchetti. Rhodes highlights the success and failures that led to each breakthrough in energy production: from animal and waterpower to the steam engine, from internal combustion to electricity and the harnessing of wind and sunlight. He revels how we learned from such trials, mastered their transitions, and capitalized on their opportunities. Rhodes also confronts the challenge of global warming─the largest energy transition in history—finding a dangerous gap between renewables' limited market penetration and the urgency of the threat. In his singular style, Rhodes details how this half-forgotten knowledge from our history can inform our way tomorrow. |
| ■理查.羅德斯/Richard Rhodes Richard Rhodes is the author of numerous books and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He graduated from Yale University and has received fellowships from the Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Appearing as host and correspondent for documentaries on public television's Frontline and American Experience series, he has also been a visiting scholar at Harvard and MIT and is an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. |
| 作者:理查.羅德斯/Richard Rhodes 版本:Export Edition 規格:精平裝/Trade Pacerback,15.3 x 22.8 x 3.2 cm,512頁 出版商:SIMON & SCHUSTER 出版日期:2018年01月01日 語言:英文 ISBN-13:978-1982101626 新書,書緣微泛黃,不介意物品狀況再行購買。 Condition: New, with minor foxing. 以銅為鑑,可正衣冠;以古為鑑,可知興替;以人為鑑,可明得失。 當佛陀走進辦公室 The Buddha Walks into the Office 羅卓林茲勒 Lodro Rinzler 當佛陀走進酒吧作者 心理勵志 ★消費滿額可享免運優惠★
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