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Energy
- A Human History
- By: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 774
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 660
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 659
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 we now turn to natural gas, nuclear power, and renewable energy. Rhodes looks back on five centuries of progress, through such influential figures as Queen Elizabeth I, King James I, Benjamin Franklin, Herman Melville, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford.
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4 out of 5 stars
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No more accents, please!
- By Ned Gulley on 08-30-18
- Energy
- A Human History
- By: Richard Rhodes
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
great but incomplete
Reviewed: 03-03-24
overall loved it. my 1 critique is some parts are epically detailed (history or lighing, history of steam power) while other sections se really rushed (nuclear solar, wind) and other sections are basically non-existent (history of the grid, animal power, hydropower). it's almost a more accurate title would be "a history of power until about 1960"
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