{"product_id":"the-powerhouse-america-china-and-the-great-battery-war-9780143128328","title":"The Powerhouse: America, China, and the Great Battery War","description":"\"Mr. LeVine provides a fascinating insight into the challenges of scientific advancement, especially the difficulty of translating victories in the lab to the demands of the mass market.... Mr. LeVine has written something like a thriller.... An important story with world-wide implications.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A propulsive techno-saga.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNature \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Captivating.... A rollicking good tale.\"--\u003cb\u003eJoe Nocera, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"With the pace... of a thriller, [LeVine]... reveals how the very human foibles of scientists and entrepreneurs, as well as fundamental physics and chemistry, stand in the way of such efforts, which, if successful, could result in a new global industry and attendant jobs.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScientific American \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLeVine [has] a penchant for dissecting the science side of the energy industry.\"\u003cb\u003e--Andrew C. Revkin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times's Dot Earth Blog \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"'Powerhouse' shows readers how a scientific insight can work its way slowly into the marketplace, to the point where it becomes ubiquitous. The book is also packed with the kind of strange, unexpected history that makes good science writing so memorable.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"LeVine, who spent two years inside Argonne's battery-research unit, captures the sense of growing urgency and competitive drive among [a] sheltered and sometimes bickering group of tinkerers.... LeVine also provides the authoritative take on the rise and fall--and perhaps the coming resurrection--of Envia, which has licensed Argonne's battery technology in pursuit of its big but not-fully-baked ambitions.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Journalist LeVine (\u003ci\u003eThe Oil and the Glory\u003c\/i\u003e) offers an inside look at the race among industrialized nations to develop a world-changing battery technology. The story's intensity is bolstered by the high stakes...But LeVine wisely stays focused on the competition as it unfolds, luring readers into the drama with clear explanations of the American players involved in both the public and private sectors.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"LeVine is a masterful story teller and \u003ci\u003ePowerhouse\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling read about an innovator's quest to transform our planet and our lives. His goal, a revolutionary battery, has the potential to change everything.\"\u003cb\u003e --Peter H. Diamandis, chairman of the X-Prize Foundation and author of \u003ci\u003eAbundance: The Future is Better Than You Think\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Steve LeVine has written a fast-paced, engaging account of one of this young century's great quests: the search for a technology that will unleash a dramatic transformation of the world with blockbuster new industries and culture-changing products. It's an amazing story, gripping in its surprising narrative and crowded with fascinating characters.\"\u003cb\u003e --Marcus Brauchli, former Executive Editor, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and former Managing Editor, \u003ci\u003e The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Gripping and mind-opening. Filled with astonishing research, \u003ci\u003eThe Powerhouse\u003c\/i\u003e reads like a thriller. It's \u003ci\u003efabulous\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e --Amy Chua, Yale Law professor and author of \u003ci\u003eBattle Hymn of the Tiger Mother \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Triple Package\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve LeVine\u003c\/b\u003e is the Washington correspondent for \u003ci\u003eQuartz\u003c\/i\u003e, where he writes about the geopolitics of energy and technology. He is a Future Tense fellow at the New America Foundation and teaches energy security at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, where he is an adjunct professor. 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