American Lucifers: The Dark History of Artificial Light, 1750–1865 by Jeremy Zallen
English | October 14th, 2019 | ISBN: 146965332X | 369 pages | True PDF | 9.85 MB
The myth of light and progress has blinded us. In our electric world, we are everywhere surrounded by effortlessly glowing lights that simply exist, as they should, seemingly clear and comforting proof that human genius means the present will always be better than the past, and the future better still. At best, this is half the story. At worst, it is a lie.