John Perlin < Back to Writers
John Perlin is the author of From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar Electricity, A Golden Thread: 2500 Years of Solar Architecture and Technology (with Ken Butti) and A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization. He worked with Nobel laureates Walter Kohn and Alan Heeger in the 2005 film The Power of the Sun. He can be contacted at johnperlin@physics.ucsb.edu.
Also by this Author
Saving Sub-Sahara Africa a Drip at a Time
Rural electrification using solar energy may find a match made in heaven when linked to drip irrigation.
Oil and Solar Do Mix
Solar power's portability has made it a go-to technology for projects out in the boonies, like oil production.
The Largest Solar Water Heater Plant is in ... Denmark?
A windswept Danish island shows that solar power needn't be the sole province of sunnier climes.
Saving Fuel But Melting Ice Faster
Sailing from the Atlantic to the Orient across the roof of the world has been the dream of Arctic explorers and world traders for centuries. It saves fuel, too, so what's not to like? Well ...
Ponderous Polluters Let a Little Light Shine in
A cargo ship that generates some of its power from the sun may shine a light on ways to reduce transportation's dirty little secret — the world's oil-powered fleets are hideous global warmers.
