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Imagining Solar Energy: The Power of the Sun in Literature, Science and Culture

Imagining Solar Energy: The Power of the Sun in Literature, Science and Culture

Lynall, Gregory

Hardcover

Series: Explorations in Science and Literature

Literary CriticismHistory & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 1350010979
ISBN13: 9781350010970
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Feb 20 2020
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.29
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Shortlisted for the 2022 ESSE Book Awards

How has humanity sought to harness the power of the Sun, and what roles have literature, art and other cultural forms played in imagining, mythologizing and reflecting the possibilities of solar energy? What stories have been told about solar technologies, and how have these narratives shaped developments in science and culture? What can solar power's history tell us about its future, within a world adapting to climate crisis? Identifying the history of capturing solar radiance as a focal point between science and the imagination, Imagining Solar Energy argues that the literary, artistic and mythical resonances of solar power - from the Renaissance to the present day - have not only been inspired by, but have also cultivated and sustained its scientific and technological development. Ranging from Archimedes to Isaac Asimov, John Dee to Humphry Davy, Aphra Behn to J. G. Ballard, the book argues that solar energy translates into many different kinds of power (physical, political, intellectual and cultural), and establishes for the first time the importance of solar energy to many literary and scientific endeavours.

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