From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar ElectricityFrom Space to earth tracks the evolution of photovoltaics from its shaky nineteenth-century beginnings mired in scientific controversy, to its high visibility success in the space program, to its current position as an indispensable and versatile power source that is improving our daily lives. |
Contents
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries many researchers attempted | 11 |
Chapter Three The Dream Becomes Real | 25 |
Chapter Five Saved by the Space Race | 41 |
Chapter Seven The First Mass Earth Market | 57 |
Chapter Eight Captain Lomers Saga | 71 |
Chapter Ten Long Distance for Everyone | 85 |
Chapter Eleven Father Verspieren Preaches the Solar Gospel | 103 |
Chapter Twelve Electrifying the Unelectrified | 125 |
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