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Mad Like Tesla: Underdog Inventors and Their Relentless Pursuit of Clean Energy
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LENGTH8 hrs and 18 mins
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RELEASE DATE04-02-12
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Program TypeAudiobook
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Publisher's Summary
A search for the contemporary Nikola Tesla - considered a mad scientist by his society for predicting global warming more than 100 years ago - fuels this analysis of climate issues, which introduces thinkers and inventors who are working to find possible ways out of the energy crisis. From Louis Michaud, a retired refinery engineer who claims we can harness the energy of man-made tornadoes, to a professor and a businessman who are running a company that genetically modifies algae so it can secrete ethanol naturally, these individuals and their unorthodox methods are profiled through first-person interviews, exposing the social, economic, financial, and personal barriers that prevent them from making an impact with their ideas.
The existing state of green energy technologies, such as solar, wind, biofuels, smart grid, and energy storage, is also explored, creating a sense of hope against a backdrop of climate dread.
©2011 Tyler Hamilton (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
What the Critics Say
"Hamilton's vivid portrait of some of the people touting new technologies offers insight into why they've had trouble finding mainstream acceptance." (Publishers Weekly)
"Canadian science writer Tyler Hamilton has given the scientific community working on renewable energy solutions a public relations boost with his illuminating and important book, Mad Like Tesla: Underdog Inventors and Their Relentless Pursuit of Clean Energy." (New York Journal of Books)
"Narrator Peter Johnson offers an even reading that keeps the material flowing without artificial emotion. He adopts a tone of gee-whiz enthusiasm that matches the novelty of some of the scientists’ ideas." (Audiofile)
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Where does Mad Like Tesla rank among all the audiobooks you???ve listened to so far?Its a good read much more about the energy economy and what's going on and how complicated it is.
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