Brilliant
Subtitle: the evolution of artificial light
By: Jane Brox
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780547055275
Description: Documents the role of light in history, tracing how the development of specific innovations had a pivotal influence on social and cultural evolution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-345) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Earth at night as seen from space; title: Lascaux : the first lamp; title: Time of dark streets; title: Lanterns at sea; title: Gaslight; title: Towards a more perfect flame; title: Life electric; title: Incandescence; title: Overwhelming brilliance : the White City; title: Niagara : long distance light; title: New century, last flame; title: Gleaming things; title: Alone in the dark; title: Rural electrification; title: Cold light; title: Wartime : the return of old night; title: Lascaux discovered; title: Blackout, 1965; title: Imagining the next grid; title: At the mercy of light; title: More is less; title: The once and future light; title: Lascaux revisited.