Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time
Autor David Prerauen Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 feb 2006
Benjamin
Franklin
conceived
of
it.
Sir
Arthur
Conan
Doyle
endorsed
it.
Winston
Churchill
campaigned
for
it.
Kaiser
Wilhelm
first
employed
it.
Woodrow
Wilson
and
Franklin
Roosevelt
went
to
war
with
it,
and
more
recently
the
United
States
fought
an
energy
crisis
with
it.
For
several
months
every
year,
for
better
or
worse,
daylight
savings
time
affects
vast
numbers
of
people
throughout
the
world.
And
from
Ben
Franklin's
era
to
today,
its
story
has
been
an
intriguing
and
sometimes
bizarre
amalgam
of
colorful
personalities
and
serious
technical
issues,
purported
costs
and
perceived
benefits,
conflicts
between
interest
groups
and
government
policy
makers.
Daylight
savings
time
impacts
diverse
and
unexpected
areas,
including
agricultural
practices,
street
crime,
the
reporting
of
sports
scores,
traffic
accidents,
the
inheritance
rights
of
twins,
and
voter
turnout.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781560257967
ISBN-10: 1560257962
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: B&W photos throughout, B&W illustrations throughout
Dimensiuni: 141 x 210 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 1560257962
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: B&W photos throughout, B&W illustrations throughout
Dimensiuni: 141 x 210 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
David
Prerauholds
a
Ph.D.
from
M.I.T.
and
has
coauthored
three
U.S.
government
reports
to
Congress
on
the
effects
of
daylight
savings
time.
He
works
as
a
senior
"knowledge
expert"
and
specializes
in
artificial
intelligence.
He
lives
in
Chestnut
Hill,
Massachusetts.