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Seize the Daylight

Release on 2009-04-28 | by David Prerau

Illustrated with a popular look at science and history, Seize the Daylight presents an intriguing and surprisingly entertaining story of our attempt to regulate the sunlight hours.

Author: David Prerau
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 9780786736959
Category: Science
Page: 304
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Seize the Daylight

Benjamin Franklin conceived of it. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle endorsed it. Winston Churchill campaigned for it. Kaiser Wilhelm first employed it. Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt went to war with it, and more recently the United States fought an energy crisis with it. For several months every year, for better or worse, daylight savings time affects vast numbers of people throughout the world. And from Ben Franklin's era to today, its story has been an intriguing and sometimes bizarre amalgam of colorful personalities and serious technical issues, purported costs and perceived benefits, conflicts between interest groups and government policy makers. Daylight savings time impacts diverse and unexpected areas, including agricultural practices, street crime, the reporting of sports scores, traffic accidents, the inheritance rights of twins, and voter turnout.

Language: en
Pages: 304

Seize the Daylight

Authors: David Prerau

Categories: Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-04-28 - Publisher: Basic Books

Language: en
Pages: 272

Chasing Daylight

Authors: Erwin Raphael McManus

Categories: Religion

Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-01-08 - Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Chasing Daylight (previously published as Seizing Your Devine Moment) is a call to live a life of blazing urgency. We have but one life. We are given one opportunity to pursue our dreams and fulfill our divine purpose. Every moment counts, and we must engage them with fierceness and zeal.