Brilliant
Subtitle: the evolution of artificial light
By: Jane Brox.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780547055275
Subjects: Lighting -- History
Table of contents: title: Prologue : 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: Epilogue : lascaux revisited.