"Brilliant
is fascinating in its subject matter, charming in its storytelling and
accessible style, and meticulously researched. This kind of book helps
place science in a human context." Alan Lightman, author of Einstein’s Dreams
"Just
one of the many pleasures of Jane Brox’s sweeping history of human
light is its evocation of the wonder and fascination the lowly light
bulb roused when it was new, before it became, by virtue of the reverse
alchemy of mass production, abundant and declasse. Brox succeeds
brilliantly thanks to writing that rivals her subject in sparkle, glow,
and wattage." Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind
Jane Brox is the author of Clearing Land, Five Thousand Days Like This One, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Here and Nowhere Else, which received the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award. She lives in Maine.
