Author(s): Tomm Stanley

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Going Solar contains everything that a budding or experienced solar enthusiast could wish for. By distilling thousands of years of history and knowledge into one book, Tomm Stanley brings together the work of pioneering solar designers and some of the world's greatest scientists, along with a range of modern, practical solar-thermal applications for hands-on people. Enthusiastically coaxing readers through the essential concepts at work in fields of study as diverse as history, geography, nuclear physics, astronomy, and thermodynamics, Going Solar reveals the ?how?s? and ?why?s? behind the solar heating phenomenon. By the time the subject matter turns to a study of devices that use solar heat, readers will have both a firm grasp of the natural forces at work and an appreciation of how the technology might be applied in their own lives.