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Imagining Solar Energy
- The Power of the Sun in Literature, Science and Culture
Engelsk Paperback

Imagining Solar Energy

- The Power of the Sun in Literature, Science and Culture
Engelsk Paperback

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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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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
296
ISBN-13:
9781350237469
Indbinding:
Paperback
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ISBN-10:
1350237469
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Udg. Dato:
26 aug 2021
Længde:
20mm
Bredde:
233mm
Højde:
155mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
26 aug 2021
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