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In this monumental history, Vaclav Smil provides a comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel-driven civilization and offers listeners a magisterial overview of humanity's energy eras.

“Fun, engrossing, and significant. . . . History in Davis’s hands is loud, coarse, painful, funny, irreverent—and memorable.”—San Francisco Chronicle Here, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of its debut as a New York Times bestseller, is the revised, updated, and expanded edition...

Join me under the neon glow of the historic Les Girls Theater for “Stripper Energy: Fighting Back from the Fringes.” Former dancer and current owner of Les Girls Theater, Kata Pierce-Morgan, provides unlimited access to a half century of archival material that uncovers a dark chapter of San Diego history from the 1970s and 80s. Kata has been turning chapters from her life and the history of Les Girls into politically charged performance art for San Diego International Fringe Festival. Her consistent theme has been, never be a silent bystander. This year she premieres “No Regrets,” a ...

Podcast creado por https://www.xm.com.co/ (https://www.xm.com.co/) 15 años sumando energías por Colombia. Conoce la historia de uno de los descubrimientos más importantes de la civilización humana que ha revolucionado la forma en que habitamos y concebimos el mundo. ¿Cómo llega la energía hasta mi hogar? - Historia de la energía en Colombia, una serie presentada por XM - 15 años sumando energías por el país. 10 episodios donde se tratarán los siguientes temas: La vida antes de la electricidad El primer alumbrado público de Colombia Una luz en tiempos de guerra El boom de las ...