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Bottled lightning : superbatteries, electric cars, and the new lithium economy / by Fletcher, Seth,1979-(CARDINAL)503462;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index."An exploration of the rise of lithium batteries and the impications of the new energy economy"--"Did you know that the tools that have become absolutely integral to your life--our laptop, iPod, and cell phone--are all powered by lithium batteries? Chances are you've got some lithium on your person right now. The third element on the periodic table may also hold the key to an environmentally sustainable, oil independent future. From electric cars to a "smart" power grid that can actually store electricity, letting us harness the powers of the sun and wind and use them when we need them, lithium--metal found only in some of the most uninhabitable places on Earth--setting us on a path toward a carbon-free future. It's also shifting the geopolitical chessboard in profound ways. In this illuminating, entertaining, and timely book, the science reporter Seth Fletcher takes us on a fascinating journey, from the salt flats of Bolivia to the labs of MIT and Stanford, from the turmoil at GM to cutting-edge lithium-ion battery start-ups, introducing us to the key players and ideas in an industry with the powerto reshape the world. Lithium is the thread that ties together many key stories of our time: the environmental movement; the American auto industry, betting it all on the electrification of cars and trucks; the struggle between first-world countries in need of natural resources and the countries where those resources are found; and, finally, a foundering American economy, desperately searching for a green-tech boom to revive it"--

Subjects: Electronic industries.; Lithium cells.; Lithium industry.;

Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 12

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Lithium resources of North Carolina. by Broadhurst, Sam D.(Samuel Davis),1917-(CARDINAL)218484;

Bibliography: page 37.

Subjects: Lithium industry; Lithium mines and mining; Lithium;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6

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The powerhouse : inside the invention of a battery to save the world / by LeVine, Steve,1957-(CARDINAL)483596;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index.The stakes. Jeff Chamberlain's war ; Why Argonne let Wan in ; A good place to do science ; "Discouraged weariness in the eyes" ; Professor Goodenough ; The double marathoner ; Batteries are a treacherous world ; Creating NMC ; The man from Casablanca ; Theft in the lab ; The new boss ; A little talk with the South Koreans ; What Andy Grove said ; How to navigate great minds -- Foreigners in the lab. The Start-up ; Out of India (and China and Africa) ; Why we stay in Chicago ; IPO! ; The car man ; Bell men ; The no start-up mystery ; "The Damn Hub" ; Team Argonne ; Fire ; A chance to win the lottery ; "There is a problem with your material" ; An engineering solution ; Going deep on the fade -- Reckoning. Orlando ; The old technology guys ; Only the Irrational or the nave will win the day ; A three-hundred-mile battery ; ARPA-E ; The old and the young ; Red team ; War room ; Getting to a deal ; "So what Is wrong with me?" ; "Throw out the old paradigm" ; The waiting ; Deal ; The news from Envia ; The big man at Argonne ; Second quarter review ; Black box ; Back to the race."A worldwide race is on to perfect the next engine of economic growth, the advanced lithium-ion battery. It will power the electric car, relieve global warming, and catapult the winner into a new era of economic and political mastery. Can the United States win? Steve LeVine was granted unprecedented access to a secret federal laboratory outside Chicago, where a group of geniuses is trying to solve this next monumental task of physics. But these scientists--almost all foreign born--are not alone. With so much at stake, researchers in Japan, South Korea, and China are in the same pursuit. The drama intensifies when a Silicon Valley start-up licenses the federal laboratory's signature invention with the aim of a blockbuster sale to the world's biggest carmakers. The Powerhouse is a real-time, two-year thrilling account of big invention, big commercialization, and big deception. It exposes the layers of competition and ambition, aspiration and disappointment behind this great turning point in the history of technology"-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Argonne National Laboratory.; Lithium ion batteries.; Lithium industry.; Electric automobiles; Electronic industries.; Inventions;

Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5

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Eagle-Picher Industries, Joplin, Missouri. by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.(CARDINAL)142572;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-19).

Subjects: Eagle-Picher Industries.; Industrial hygiene; Lithium alloys;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Lithium : a doctor, a drug, and a breakthrough / by Brown, Walter A.(Walter Armin),1941-author.(CARDINAL)785309;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Manic-depressive illness, a brief history -- The naturalist -- Lithium -- Breakthrough -- Aftermath -- Prophylaxis rex."Recently described by the New York Times as the 'Cinderella' of psychiatric drugs, lithium has saved countless of lives and billions of dollars in healthcare costs. In this revelatory biography of a drug and the man who fought for its discovery, Brown crafts a captivating picture of modern medical history -- revealing just how close we came to passing over this extraordinary cure." -- From Amazon.com summary.

Subjects: Lithium; Bipolar disorder; Bipolar disorder;

Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7

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Long hard road : the lithium-ion battery and the electric car / by Murray, Charles J.,1954-author.(CARDINAL)638112;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-310) and index.Part I. The making of a battery: The fast-ion concept -- Goodenough's cathode -- Thackeray's cathode -- The graphite anode -- Japan's battery -- Part II. The heart of the electric car: The electric car quest -- The lithium-ion car -- Electric salvation -- Detroit awakens -- Validation: The Nobel."Long Hard Road: The Lithium-Ion Battery and the Electric Car provides an inside look at the birth of the lithium-ion battery, from its origins in academic labs around the world to its transition to its new role as the future of automotive power. It chronicles the piece-by-piece development of the battery, from its early years when it was met by indifference from industry to its later emergence in Japan where it served in camcorders, laptops, and cell phones. The book is the first to provide a glimpse inside the Japanese corporate culture that turned the lithium-ion chemistry into a commercial product. It shows the intense race between two companies, Asahi Chemical and Sony Corporation, to develop a suitable anode. It also explains, for the first time, why one Japanese manufacturer had to build its first preproduction cells in a converted truck garage in Boston, Massachusetts. Building on that history, Long Hard Road then takes readers inside the auto industry to show how lithium-ion solved the problems of earlier battery chemistries and transformed the electric car into a viable competitor. Starting with the Henry Ford and Thomas Edison electric car of 1914, it chronicles a long list of automotive failures, then shows how a small California car converter called AC Propulsion laid the foundation for a revolution by packing its car with thousands of tiny lithium-ion cells. The book then takes readers inside the corporate board rooms of Detroit to show how mainstream automakers finally decided to adopt lithium-ion. Long Hard Road is unique in its telling of the lithium-ion tale, revealing that the battery chemistry was not the product of a single inventor, nor the dream of just three Nobel Prize winners, but rather was the culmination of dozens of scientific breakthroughs from many inventors whose work was united to create a product that ultimately changed the world"--

Subjects: Lithium ion batteries; Lithium cells; Electric automobiles;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Unshrunk : a story of psychiatric treatment resistance / by Delano, Laura,1983-author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-337).Preface -- The mirror -- My first therapist -- Do you know what mania Is -- Ask your doctor if Depakote and Prozac are right for you(r child) -- Be worthy of your heritage -- The debutante -- Asylum for the insane -- Ambien -- Provigil -- Outward bound -- The haven -- Panopticon -- Medical nemesis -- The motions of living -- The anatomy of treatment resistance -- My suicide -- A fresh hell -- Lithium -- Realistic expectations -- Newly sober -- The choice between voluntary and involuntary -- The father of BPD -- A good patient -- Iatrogenic process -- What the hell am I doing here? -- Wellness check -- A rapid, gradual taper -- Pharmaceutical trauma -- Dear Mr. Whitaker -- My healing -- Peer support -- Connection -- Spiritual disease -- Critical thinking -- Recovering from psychiatry -- Goodbye, Dr. Weinberg -- Here -- Author's note -- Additional resources -- Acknowledgments -- Notes."The powerful memoir of one woman's experience with psychiatric diagnoses and medication, and her journey to discover her true self outside the mental health. system At age thirteen, Laura Delano's parents brought her to her first psychiatrist who quickly diagnosed her with bipolar disorder and started her on a treatment of psychiatric drugs. At school, Delano was the model student, earning straight-As, a national squash ranking, and elected president of her class; at home, she unleashed all the rage she felt, lashing out at her family and locking herself in her bedroom, contemplating her death. Delano's initial bipolar diagnosis marked the beginning of a life-altering saga. For the next fourteen years, she sought treatment at the country's best psychiatric hospitals, collected an expanding catalog of diagnoses, and was prescribed a medication cascade of twenty-one drugs. Delano welcomed the pharmaceutical regimen in the hopes that it would bring her stability, peace, and treatment for what she'd been convinced was an incurable, lifelong disease. But as her symptoms became more severe and untenable, and eventually deemed "treatment resistant," she started to wonder if the drugs she was prescribed were contributing to her illness. After years of being an obedient patient, Delano made the radical decision to uncover her baseline-the unadulterated state-of-being where she could experience the full intensity of feelings that she'd never truly known: happiness, sadness, anger, desire, and joy. It was a decision that would require her to leave behind the diagnoses and the drugs, all she had known for the better part of her life. Weaving Delano's medical records and doctors' notes from her time in treatment with illuminating research on the drugs she was prescribed, Unshrunk questions the dominant, rarely critiqued role that the American mental health industry, and the pharmaceutical industry in particular, plays in shaping what it means to be human"--

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Delano, Laura, 1983-; People with bipolar disorder; Mental illness; Mental illness; Bipolar disorder;

Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 9

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Under a metal sky : a journey through minerals, greed, and wonder / by Marsden, Philip,1961-authorauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Ammonite -- Ochre : An Introduction -- Tin -- Peat -- Bronze -- Silver -- Radium -- Aerolite -- Mercury -- Copper -- Gold -- Lithium : A Coda -- Soil."The ground beneath our feet is full of riches: the ochre that allowed prehistoric humans to paint on the cave walls; the tin that drove the early Industrial Revolution; radium, the source of Marie Curie's wonder; and lithium, the essential mineral of modern life found in our mobile phones and laptops. Each of these minerals has a story to tell, and each has its place in the broader story of human history. Under a Metal Sky takes us on a journey across the peat-rich Dutch lowlands, through Prague and Bohemia, and on to the gold-rich mountains of Georgia. Along the way, Marsden uncovers the strange and colorful histories of alchemy, scientific revolution, industrialization, and technological innovation, peopled by figures like the Habsburg Emperor Rudolf II, Goethe, Marie Curie, and William Blake. But alongside wonder and inspiration, there has also been plunder and heedless exploitation, the consequences of which have set us on a path towards our own extinction"-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Marsden, Philip, 1961-; Mines and mineral resources; Mines and mineral resources;

Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1

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The war below : lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives / by Scheyder, Ernest,author.(CARDINAL)886131;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-357) and index.Prologue: a discovery -- Introduction: a turning point -- A Choice -- Sacred space -- Radical work -- The leaf blower -- A longing -- A single point of failure -- Bright green lies? -- A rebirth -- Lonely are the brave -- The neighbors -- "Electricity means copper" -- The entrepreneur -- Green technology -- An elusive prize -- The seedlings -- Epilogue."A new economic war for critical minerals has begun, and The War Below is an urgent dispatch from its front lines. To build electric vehicles, solar panels, cell phones, and millions of other devices means the world must dig more mines to extract lithium, copper, and other vital building blocks. But mines are deeply unpopular, even as they have a role to play in fighting climate change and powering crucial technologies. These tensions have sparked a worldwide reckoning over the sourcing of necessary materials, and no one understands the complexities of these issues better than Ernest Scheyder, whose exclusive access to sites around the globe has allowed him to gain unparalleled insights into a future without fossil fuels. The War Below reveals the explosive brawl among industry titans, conservationists, community groups, policymakers, and many others over whether some places are too special to mine or whether the habitats of rare plants, sensitive ecosystems, Indigenous holy sites, and other places should be dug up for their riches. With vivid and engaging writing, Scheyder shows the human toll of this war and explains why recycling and other newer technologies have struggled to gain widespread use. He also expertly chronicles Washington's attempts to wean itself off supply from China, the global leader in mineral production and processing. The War Below paints a powerfully honest and nuanced picture of what is at stake in this new fight for energy independence, revealing how America and the rest of the world's hunt for the "new oil" directly affects us all."--

Subjects: Informational works.; Mines and mineral resources; Mines and mineral resources; Mineral industries; Natural resources; Geopolitics.;

Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 12

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Mines and quarries 1902 / by United States.Census Office(CARDINAL)139273; Steuart, William M.(William Mott),1861-1956(CARDINAL)275495; United States.Bureau of the Census.(CARDINAL)171405;

Subjects: Mines and mineral resources; Quarries and quarrying; Mineral industries;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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