The Grid : A Journey Through the Heart of Our Electrified World (SIGNED-1st Ed)

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“Clean and tight. No names, writings or markings with the exception of the authors signature.”
Country of Origin
United States
Signed By
unsigned
Signed
Yes
Custom Bundle
No
Book Series
None
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Original Language
English
Intended Audience
Adults
Inscribed
Yes
Edition
First Edition
Vintage
No
Personalize
No
Type
Non-Fiction
Literary Movement
None
Illustrator
None
Era
2000s
Personalized
No
Features
1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Signed
Personalization Instructions
none
ISBN
9780309102605

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Publisher
National Academies Press
ISBN-10
030910260X
ISBN-13
9780309102605
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038251863

Product Key Features

Book Title
Grid : a Journey Through the Heart of Our Electrified World
Number of Pages
318 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Energy, Power Resources / Electrical, General
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science
Author
Phillip F. Schewe, Joseph Henry Press Staff
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
21.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

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Trade
LCCN
2006-029231
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
333.793/2
Synopsis
The electrical grid--named the greatest engineering achievement of the 20th century--goes everywhere and is the largest and most complex machine ever made. Yet things can, and do, go wrong. At a time when energy issues loom large, "The Grid" is as timely as it is compelling., The electrical grid goes everywhere -- it's the largest and most complex machine ever made. Yet the system is built in such a way that the bigger it gets, the more inevitable its collapse. Named the greatest engineering achievement of the 20th century by the National Academy of Engineering, the electrical grid is the largest industrial investment in the history of humankind. It reaches into your home, snakes its way to your bedroom, and climbs right up into the lamp next to your pillow. At times, it almost seems alive, like some enormous circulatory system that pumps life to big cities and the most remote rural areas. Constructed of intricately interdependent components, the grid operates on a rapidly shrinking margin for error. Things can -- and do -- go wrong in this system, no matter how many preventive steps we take. Just look at the colossal 2003 blackout, when 50 million Americans lost power due to a simple error at a power plant in Ohio; or the one a month later, which blacked out 57 million Italians. And these two combined don't even compare to the 2001 outage in India, which affected 226 million people. The Grid is the first history of the electrical grid intended for general readers, and it comes at a time when we badly need such a guide. As we get more and more dependent on electricity to perform even the most mundane daily tasks, the grid's inevitable shortcomings will take a toll on populations around the globe. At a moment when energy issues loom large on the nation's agenda and our hunger for electricity grows, The Grid is as timely as it is compelling., The electrical grid goes everywhere--it's the largest and most complex machine ever made. Yet the system is built in such a way that the bigger it gets, the more inevitable its collapse. Named the greatest engineering achievement of the 20th century by the National Academy of Engineering, the electrical grid is the largest industrial investment in the history of humankind. It reaches into your home, snakes its way to your bedroom, and climbs right up into the lamp next to your pillow. At times, it almost seems alive, like some enormous circulatory system that pumps life to big cities and the most remote rural areas. Constructed of intricately interdependent components, the grid operates on a rapidly shrinking margin for error. Things can--and do--go wrong in this system, no matter how many preventive steps we take. Just look at the colossal 2003 blackout, when 50 million Americans lost power due to a simple error at a power plant in Ohio; or the one a month later, which blacked out 57 million Italians. And these two combined don't even compare to the 2001 outage in India, which affected 226 million people. The Grid is the first history of the electrical grid intended for general readers, and it comes at a time when we badly need such a guide. As we get more and more dependent on electricity to perform even the most mundane daily tasks, the grid's inevitable shortcomings will take a toll on populations around the globe. At a moment when energy issues loom large on the nation's agenda and our hunger for electricity grows, The Grid is as timely as it is compelling.
LC Classification Number
TK447.S34 2007

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