HIST F434 Fire, Ice, and the Fate of Humanity
November 17, 2021
HIST F434 (CRN 35953) Spring 2022
Tues/Th 3:40-5:10pm. F2F & Online synchronous
Dr. Philip Wight/ Pawight@Alaska.edu
Fire, Ice, and the Fate of Humanity: A History of Energy and Climate Change
“All power, social as well as physical, derives from energy… History is largely the story of the capture, transformation, andapplication of this solar energy.”-- Ed Russell, et al.
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