Comments on: Book review – Energy: A Human History

By: Book review – The Contamination of the Earth: A History of Pollutions in the Industrial Age | The Inquisitive Biologist

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 12:54:39 +0000

[…] and metals; and the environmental legacy of the early mining industry in South America. The story of the Industrial Revolution is normally one of coal, steel, and steam engines, but also saw the rise of a chemical industry […]

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By: Book review – Our Biggest Experiment: A History of the Climate Crisis | The Inquisitive Biologist

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:07:26 +0000

[…] aspect of developed societies. Though the people and episodes covered overlap with Rhodes’s Energy: A Human History, I found Our Biggest Experiment a superiorly written book, with Bell refraining from bringing her […]

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By: Book review – Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:21:34 +0000

[…] machines we use to generate energy. It provides a more solid foundation than Rhodes’s book Energy, though it focuses on generation capacities rather than consumption of fuel […]

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By: Book review – Origins: How the Earth Made Us | The Inquisitive Biologist

Book review – Origins: How the Earth Made Us | The Inquisitive Biologist — Sun, 26 May 2019 15:19:39 +0000

[…] in how these resources were formed and why they are found where they are found. From reviewing Energy: A Human History and Carboniferous Giants and Mass Extinction: The Late Paleozoic Ice Age World I was already […]

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By: Book review – The Omega Principle: Seafood and the Quest for a Long Life and a Healthier Planet | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:17:05 +0000

[…] oil (see The Sounding of the Whale: Science and Cetaceans in the Twentieth Century and my review of Energy: A Human History). And, in accordance with overall patterns in the fishing industry, it is an industry that has […]

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