The Grid: A Journey Through the Heart of Our Electrified World (edit title/settings)

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Liked It Rated 5 stars “A fantastic summary of the history of the power grid and how electricity works, written in layman's terms and in a compelling fashion. A hot read for any of you also born with the curiosity bug.” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It Rated 2 stars “This book is about a lot of things. Thomas Edison, Nichola Tesla, George Westinghouse, David Lilienthal, H.G. Wells and Vladimir Lenon, Samuel Insull, Neil Armstrong, the Tennessee Valley Authority, Con Edison, Nuclear Power, Green Technology, Economies of Scale in power generation. All of them a...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 2 stars

  “This book is about a lot of things. Thomas Edison, Nichola Tesla, George Westinghouse, David Lilienthal, H.G. Wells and Vladimir Lenon, Samuel Insull, Neil Armstrong, the Tennessee Valley Authority, Con Edison, Nuclear Power, Green Technology, Economies of Scale in power generation. All of them a mile wide and an inch deep.
  The one thing this book is not about is "The Grid" or if one allows that all these things are related, only in the most peripheral sense. It's a pity because the author is according to the jacket, is a Phd in particle physics, and "Chief science writer at the American Institute of Physics." It also mentions that he is a playwright whose "numerous productions have appeared at theaters in New York and Washington, D.C." This makes sense because Mr. Shewe's book is populated more by characters and events than by any attempt to actually explain to laymen, the structure and evolution of the electrical grid.
  Strangely enough, you'll find more information on the workings and evolution of the grid casually tossed out in Jane Brox's book on the peripherally related subject of lighting-Brilliant. If you are a reader of non-fiction and wish to learn about the structure of the system that we take for granted and delivers electrical power to us, this is not the book for you.”

  Phillip D wrote this review Saturday, December 24, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “A fantastic summary of the history of the power grid and how electricity works, written in layman's terms and in a compelling fashion. A hot read for any of you also born with the curiosity bug.”

  sfbridgerunner wrote this review Monday, July 30, 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No