Imagining Solar Energy

Download or Read eBook Imagining Solar Energy PDF written by Gregory Lynall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Imagining Solar Energy
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 291
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ISBN-10 : 9781350010994
ISBN-13 : 1350010995
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Book Synopsis Imagining Solar Energy by : Gregory Lynall

Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the 2022 ESSE Book Awards How has humanity sought to harness the power of the Sun, and what roles have literature, art and other cultural forms played in imagining, mythologizing and reflecting the possibilities of solar energy? What stories have been told about solar technologies, and how have these narratives shaped developments in science and culture? What can solar power's history tell us about its future, within a world adapting to climate crisis? Identifying the history of capturing solar radiance as a focal point between science and the imagination, Imagining Solar Energy argues that the literary, artistic and mythical resonances of solar power – from the Renaissance to the present day – have not only been inspired by, but have also cultivated and sustained its scientific and technological development. Ranging from Archimedes to Isaac Asimov, John Dee to Humphry Davy, Aphra Behn to J. G. Ballard, the book argues that solar energy translates into many different kinds of power (physical, political, intellectual and cultural), and establishes for the first time the importance of solar energy to many literary and scientific endeavours.


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This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. Winner of the 2020 British Society for Literature