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Science 17 December 1999:
Vol. 286. no. 5448, p. 2280
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5448.2280
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ENERGY TECHNOLOGY:
A Bright View, Too Focused

A review by David Faiman

From Space to Earth The Story of Solar Electricity
John Perlin
Aatec, Ann Arbor, MI, 1999. 240 pp. $32. ISBN 0-937948-14-4.

Using a series of fascinating and well-written accounts of individuals who have developed, advocated, and employed solar cells, Perlin describes the evolution of photovoltaics. Our reviewer objected to the partisan attitude, sales-talk style, and general neglect of other solar power technologies.
The author is in the Department of Physics, and at the National Solar Energy Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, 84990 Israel. E-mail: faiman{at}bgumail.bgu.ac.il

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Solar Power: The Unknown Reality
Cédric Philibert
Science Online, 5 Feb 2001 [Full text]

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