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The Burning Answer: A User´s Guide to the Solar Revolution
Professor Keith Barnham
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Description for The Burning Answer: A User´s Guide to the Solar Revolution
Paperback. A user's guide to the solar revolution - and why we must all get on board before it is too late. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; RNFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Our civilisation stands on the brink of catastrophe.
Our thirst for energy has led to threats from global warming, nuclear disaster and conflict in oil-rich countries.
We are running out of options.
Solar power, Keith Barnham argues, is the answer. In this eye-opening book, he shows how a solar revolution is developing based on one of Einstein's lesser known discoveries, one that gave us laptop computers and mobile phones.
An accessible guide to renewable technology and a hard-hitting critique of the arguments of solar sceptics, The Burning Answer outlines a future in which the fuel ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
309g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780225333
SKU
V9781780225333
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
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99-2
About Professor Keith Barnham
Keith Barnham is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Imperial College London. He started his research career in experimental particle physics working in research laboratories at CERN in Geneva and the University of California Berkeley. Mid-career he switched to researching solar energy and invented a solar cell with three times the efficiency of today's roof-top panels. He lives with his wife, ... Read more
Reviews for The Burning Answer: A User´s Guide to the Solar Revolution
Barnham nails his colours to the mast from the off. ...the energy fizzes of the page, and any doubters of the merits of solar power, be they scientists, commentators or policy wonks, are given a swift left-hook.
Nicola Davis
THE OBSERVER
Keith Barnham does have something new to say: he cuts through the current morass of ... Read more
Nicola Davis
THE OBSERVER
Keith Barnham does have something new to say: he cuts through the current morass of ... Read more