Seize the Daylight

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The first popular look at the intnguing (and surprisingly entertaining) story ofour attempi lo regúlate the sunlight hours
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 saving 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 personaliiies and serious technical issues, purported costs and perceived benefits, conflict! between interest groups and government policy makers. It impacts diverse and unexpected areas, including agricultural practices, street crime, the reporting of sports scores, traffic accidents, terrorism, the inheritance rights of twins, and voter turnout.
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Fülszöveg

The first popular look at the intnguing (and surprisingly entertaining) story ofour attempi lo regúlate the sunlight hours
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 saving 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 personaliiies and serious technical issues, purported costs and perceived benefits, conflict! between interest groups and government policy makers. It impacts diverse and unexpected areas, including agricultural practices, street crime, the reporting of sports scores, traffic accidents, terrorism, the inheritance rights of twins, and voter turnout.
*A delightfully detailed look at a familiar but underappreciated subject. Who knew it required two centuries, a couple of world wars, and a Supreme Court decision to make daylight saving time a reality? After reading David Prerau's enjoyable and revealing account, you'll hope we never 'fall back' to the dark days before daylight saving time again."
—Gerard Helferich, author of Humboldt's Cosmos
David Prerau holds a PhD from MIT and has cowritten three U.S. government reports to Congress on the effects of daylight saving time. He works as a senior knowledge engineer and specializes in artificial intelligence. He lives in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Vissza