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Man And Power
	Cover of Man And Power
Author	L. Sprague de Camp
Illustrator	Russ Kinne, Roman Vishniac, Alton S. Tobey and others
Language	English
Subject	Engineering
Publisher	Golden Press
Publication date	1961
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	189 pp

Man and Power: the Story of Power from the Pyramids to the Atomic Age is a science book for children by L. Sprague de Camp, illustrated with documents, photographs by Russ Kinne, Roman Vishniac, and others, and paintings by Alton S. Tobey, first published in hardcover by Golden Press in 1961.^[1]^[2]

Summary

As stated on the cover, the work is a survey of "the story of power from the pyramids to the atomic age." It traces the "progression of man's discovery and utilization of power ... in chapters dealing consecutively with the different sources of power--animal, wind, water, steam, internal combustion, chemical, electrical, and nuclear power, and possible future sources."^[3]

Partial Contents

Manpower
Animal Power
Wind Power
Water Power
Steam Power
Internal-combustion Power
Chemical Power
Electric Power
Nuclear Power

Reception

Thomas Goonan, writing for Library Journal, rated the book "[r]ecommended," praising its "[e]xcellent illustrations" that "elucidate the text" and "[g]ood index. Comparing it to Edward Stoddard's The Story of Power, he judged de Camp's work "[m]ore comprehensive and detailed."^[4]

The Science News-Letter, in its September 23, 1961 issue, listed the book among its "Books of the Week," describing the work as a "[c]olorful panorama depicting and describing man's development of sources of energy to help him build, move around and produce."^[5]

The Booklist considered the subject "effectively presented in well-written text and a multitude of supplementary [illustrative materials], all captioned and most of them in color. Its review repeated Goonan's judgment of the work as "more comprehensive" than Stoddard's.^[3] In appraising the work for older children, The Booklist noted it was "[j]uvenile in approach but may be useful in high schools, particularly for its illustrations.^[6]

Isaac Asimov, writing for The Horn Book Magazine, called it "an exciting book written with great authority and illustrated lavishly," noting that "[f]or young people interested in mechanics and machinery this book is a complete feast." He finds that "[t]he human mind is the hero throughout," with "[t]he personalities of scientists interest[ing] Mr. de Camp only as they affect the scientists as conveyors of new thoughts."^[7]

Claire Huchet Bishop in The Commonweal praised the book's "[e]xcellent approach which makes less of the machines than it does of the minds that created them."^[8]

Henry W. Hubbard in The New York Times wrote that "Mr. de Camp has filled his book with accurate information and absorbing history," but noted that while "[t]he writing is usually good, ... the first chapter, on manpower, suffers from jarring transitions, and the detailed explanations of steam engines and such are occasionally hard to follow." He finds the illustrations "colorful and skillfully chosen. They are, in fact, the high point of the book." Summing up, he states that "[b]y virtue of its thoroughness, and its informative illustrations, "Man and Power" should be especially useful in libraries and schools."^[9]

Notes

^ Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller. pp. 79–80.
^ Man and Power title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
^ ^a ^b The Booklist, v. 58, no. 4, Oct. 15, p. 138.
^ Goonan, Thomas. "de CAMP, L. Sprague. Man and Power" (review) in Library Journal, v. 86, no. 13, July 1961, p. 2540.
^ "Books of the Week" in The Science News-Letter, v. 80, no. 13, September 23, 1961, p. 212.
^ The Booklist, v. 58, no. 4, Oct. 15, p. 130.
^ Asimov, Isaac. "Views on Science Books" in The Horn Book Magazine, v. 37, no. 5, October 1961, p. 454.
^ Bishop, Claire Huchet. "Machines and Men" in The Commonweal, v. 75, no. 7, November 10, 1961, p. 190.
^ Hubbard, Henry W. "Harnessing Nature" in The New York Times, November 12, 1961, p. BRA30.

[1] Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller. pp. 79–80.

[ISFDB-2] Man and Power title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

[BL1-3] The Booklist, v. 58, no. 4, Oct. 15, p. 138.

[4] Goonan, Thomas. "de CAMP, L. Sprague. Man and Power" (review) in Library Journal, v. 86, no. 13, July 1961, p. 2540.

[SNL-5] "Books of the Week" in The Science News-Letter, v. 80, no. 13, September 23, 1961, p. 212.

[6] The Booklist, v. 58, no. 4, Oct. 15, p. 130.

[7] Asimov, Isaac. "Views on Science Books" in The Horn Book Magazine, v. 37, no. 5, October 1961, p. 454.

[8] Bishop, Claire Huchet. "Machines and Men" in The Commonweal, v. 75, no. 7, November 10, 1961, p. 190.

[9] Hubbard, Henry W. "Harnessing Nature" in The New York Times, November 12, 1961, p. BRA30.

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