Ebikers Book Shelf

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The stuff Ebikers know/love/hate...

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From billions of years of earth history to rain gods and rainmakers to climate change today, this micro history offers a torrent of curious stories about our intricate dependency on rain, a quotidian fact of life that has influenced human civilizations, religions, and culture.

Hardcover, 368 pages
Expected publication: April 21st 2015
 
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Cool Beast Guy. Was thinking current/new books, but guess any books "ebike-related" is "fair game". (Aw Jeeeses... now ya got me thinking anything physics/chemistry re energy storage-related.) I'm already subscribed to new book releases, don't know why (not friendly to cutting down plants anymore), but like newspapers like to see what others are reading.
 
Aw shucks lock it says ebikers book shelf,thats my newest purchase and im a ebiker daily.
 
Hehe... Two wheels good. Three wheels kinda funky (have been discovering). It's only the four wheeled (heavy, expensive, designed to go waaay faster than 21st-Century urban life) horseless carriage (aka "car", aka "SUV", aka "Stinko-Mobile") that I have a "problem" with. :lol:

(Even rode one-wheeled unicycle all the way to high school.) Yer book re the early daze of the bike totally OK! (See ES thread "Horses of Iron".)
 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Speed
Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile by Ralph Nader, published in 1965, is a book accusing car manufacturers of resistance to the introduction of safety features, like seat belts, and their general reluctance to spend money on improving safety. It was a pioneering work, openly polemical but containing substantial references and material from industry insiders.
 
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... Author Mike Berners-Lee
(256pg. paperback. One review ends "Never preachy but packed full of information and always entertaining.")

And review notes "Be warned, some of the things you thought you knew about green living may be about to be turned on their head."
 
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416 Pages by Fawwaz T. Ulaby, University of Michigan

(For courses in Electromagnetics offered in Electrical Engineering departments and Applied Physics.

Interactive CD-ROM accompanying the book – Helps convey the workings of a dynamic phenomenon static tools like figures and illustrations; an excellent self-study resource.)

V. "Spendy" at about $200 US. each (new). Technology Briefs–two-page long, self-contained overview presentations on variety of subjects like LCDs, GPS, sensors, etc. 4.22 Stars on "GoodReads" site. Rated "Best"/"High" by numerous book stores via site aLibris.

Caution: Involves stuff like "applying vector calculus".
 
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Per Amazon "There is an electric bike revolution taking place around the world, yet most Americans are unaware of it. Indeed, most Americans couldn’t answer the question, “What is an electric bike?” But get ready to discover how these amazing machines can improve your life and quite literally change the world."

... and authors website:
http://electricbicyclesbook.com/
 
Hehe... Scuttlebutt is, the book author demanded the cover art artist airbrush out the extension cord. Guess is, even that artist had no idea what an "electric bicycle" looks like.
 
1/2 mile wide??? Thought that was normal for much of north america? To fit the average north american?













(Vehicle, I meant to add.)
 
(subtitled "Separating Fact from Fiction, and the Science of Everyday Life")
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From the "Good Reads" site "... bestselling author Dr. Joe Schwarcz takes a critical look at how facts are misconstrued in the media." (Paperback, 280 pages)

Haven't read it myself, but "how facts are misconstrued"? May remind some about the electric bicycle. :wink:
 
... Will Be Like Nothing You've Seen Before"
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("FREE"eBook seen here:)
http://www.tradepub.com/free-offer/...hing-youve-seen-before/w_make194?sr=hm&_t=hm:

Contents of this eBook include:
The Rise And Fall of The American Stinko-Mobile ("car")
Why Aren’t Millenials Driving?
The Future of The "Car"
Why The Future of The Car is a Robot (does some of the pedaling. Apparently)
Pubic Transit And Autonomous Vehicles
Planning For The Future
The Predictable Future

Gonna guess author(s) totally overlooked the (terrific) Bettery-Electric Thingee "Bike".

(Downloading appears may have "strings attached".)


EDIT: SORRY. Spelt the word "public" wrong.






Again.
 
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... by David McCullough

https://www.goodreads.com/interview...r&utm_campaign=2015-05&utm_content=mccullough

"If there is a modern voice of American history, it's David McCullough's. The Pulitzer Prize winner's books document some of the most pivotal moments of the American story: stories of disaster (The Johnstown Flood), of man's drive to create and conquer (The Great Bridge, The Path Between the Seas), of innovators (The Greater Journey), of revolutionaries (1776), of presidents (Truman, Mornings on Horseback), and of the complicated relationships between the Founding Fathers (John Adams). The venerated historian makes the lessons of the past accessible to us all. "I like to tell a story," he says, and his latest work, The Wright Brothers, chronicles the lives of the Dayton bicycle mechanics who "taught the world how to fly."

Etc. (Section about "foreigner" Joshua from Vancouver and the Bettery-Electric Bicycle cut due to editorial restraints. Sorry)
 
http://www.amazon.com/Wheelwrights-Shop-George-Sturt/dp/0521091950/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431381967&sr=8-1&keywords=in+a+wheelwrights

The Wheelwright's Shop Paperback – 1963
by George Sturt

"Sturt's narrative is a measured blend of documentary and moral argument, which is of equal or greater importance now, as when it was first published in 1923.
He offers a first-hand account of the historic, geographic, and human context concerning the artisan-producer within the tradition of medieval wood and iron work.
He emphasizes the relationships that arose from the close interactions of a local market, of a close-knit group of workers, and of an artist and his/her medium.
He rightfully condemns the waste and destruction associated with the Industrial Revolution, while omitting a lament over the changes in the means of production.
And lastly, he offers an example of the effectiveness, connectivity, and ingenuity that arises from the intimate interrelationships
between workers and their tasks through their tools, between producers and consumers through their products,
and between people and their community through a sense of place and a sense of purpose."

Wowser of a read
 
http://neilhanson.com/aboutneil/
8) Won this book in an online raffle:
Pilgrim Wheels
by Niel Hanson
Would be good for anyone considering an epic ride.
"An inspirational story of journey, discovery, and place, Pilgrim Wheels describes Neil Hanson’s 2011 journey by bicycle across the United States. His bicycle ride becomes the canvas for an incredible adventure: a pilgrimage of wonder as he explores the people he meets along the path, the obstacles he faces, the pain he endures, and the boundless joy he achieves as he completes the first half of his journey to the humid farmland east of Medicine Lodge, Kansas. A beautifully written and reflective memoir, Pilgrim Wheels provides a glimpse into the sweetness of physical achievement, the inspired awe that comes from the sheer beauty of our country’s majestic back roads, and the warmth and love shared by the people who welcome Hanson into their lives along the way."

Waiting for it to come in the mail. :D

http://www.amazon.com/Pilgrim-Wheels-Reflections-Cyclist-Crossing/dp/0982639120
 
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The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers.


Merchants of Doubt tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades. Remarkably, the same individuals surface repeatedly-some of the same figures who have claimed that the science of global warming is "not settled" denied the truth of studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole. "Doubt is our product," wrote one tobacco executive. These "experts" supplied it.


Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, historians of science, roll back the rug on this dark corner of the American scientific community, showing how ideology and corporate interests, aided by a too-compliant media, have skewed public understanding of some of the most pressing issues of our era.

(Per Amazon:)
http://www.amazon.com/Merchants-Doubt-Handful-Scientists-Obscured-ebook/dp/B003RRXXO8

Series of YT vids:
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Second edition (although author points out it is really the third edition including one earlier book, 2004 "The Art of Urban Cycling: Lessons from the street").

Sadly, zero mentions of the word "battery" and only four mention of "electric" - about the loss of electric trolleys, and how electric cars do zero about congested roads... Sorta "missed the boat" on that one re ebikes. Hehe
 
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Gotta website also...
http://www.ultimateebikeebook.com/

In part:
My name is Micah Toll and I wrote an ebook teaching ordinary people how to build your own electric bicycle for cheap! I'm a mechanical engineer that has spent years working in the ebike and electric vehicle industry. I've worked everywhere from ebike shops to electric vehicle start up companies. Now I'm sharing my experience to help you build your first electric bike as fast, cheap and easily as possible.
 
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