Spring Forward
Spring Forward

Author: Michael Downing

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2009-02-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1582434956

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Michael Downing is obsessed with Daylight Saving, the loopy idea that became the most persistent political controversy in American history. Almost one hundred years after Congressmen and lawmakers in every state first debated, ridiculed, and then passionately embraced the possibility of saving an hour of daylight, no one can say for sure why we are required by law to change our clocks twice a year. Who first proposed the scheme? The most authoritative sources agree it was a Pittsburgh industrialist, Woodrow Wilson, a man on a horse in London, a Manhattan socialite, Benjamin Franklin, one of the Caesars, or the anonymous makers of ancient Chinese and Japanese water clocks. Spring Forward is a portrait of public policy in the 20th century, a perennially boiling cauldron of unsubstantiated science, profiteering masked as piety, and mysteriously shifting time–zone boundaries. It is a true–to–life social comedy with Congress in the leading role, surrounded by a supporting cast of opportunistic ministers, movie moguls, stockbrokers, labor leaders, sports fanatics, and railroad execs.

Seize the Daylight
Seize the Daylight

Author: David Prerau

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2009-04-28

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 078673695X

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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 savings 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 personalities and serious technical issues, purported costs and perceived benefits, conflicts between interest groups and government policymakers. It impacts diverse and unexpected areas, including agricultural practices, street crime, the reporting of sports scores, traffic accidents, the inheritance rights of twins, and voter turnout. Illustrated with a popular look at science and history, Seize the Daylight presents an intriguing and surprisingly entertaining story of our attempt to regulate the sunlight hours.

Daylight Saving Time 192 Success Secrets - 192 Most Asked Questions on Daylight Saving Time - What You Need to Know
Daylight Saving Time 192 Success Secrets - 192 Most Asked Questions on Daylight Saving Time - What You Need to Know

Author: Pamela Hensley

Publisher: Emereo Publishing

Published: 2014-03

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9781488543357

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Although not applied by the major part of the world's nations, Daylight Saving Time is commonplace in the Western society. There has never been a Daylight Saving Time Guide like this. It contains 192 answers, much more than you can imagine; comprehensive answers and extensive details and references, with insights that have never before been offered in print. Get the information you need--fast This all-embracing guide offers a thorough view of key knowledge and detailed insight. This Guide introduces what you want to know about Daylight Saving Time. A quick look inside of some of the subjects covered: Drive-in theater - Decline, Daylight saving time in the United States - History of DST in the United States, CHU (radio station) - Time signal format, Eastern European Time, Daylight saving time in the Americas - Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Daylight saving time in Oceania - Hawaii, UTC - Daylight saving, History of time in the United States - War Time 1918 and 1942, Daylight saving time in Africa - African countries not using DST, UTC 03:00 - West Greenland TimeWest Greenland Standard Time (Northern Hemisphere winter), History of time in the United States - DST 1966, Daylight saving time in the United States - Colorado, MSN TV - Microsoft takes notice, Daylight saving time in Oceania - Australia, Australia Central Daylight Time - Civil time and legislation, List of time zones by country, Daylight saving time in the United States - Reservations in Arizona, Daylight saving time in the United States - Alaska, Summer Time in Europe, Queensland daylight savings referendum, 1992 - Trial of Daylight Saving, Daylight saving time in Asia - India, Daylight saving time by country, NTFS - Time, Time in Indiana - History, Time difference - Daylight saving time, Time in Australia, Daylight saving time by region and country, Time in Indiana - Controversy, Israeli Daylight Saving Law - 1992-2005, Unix Epoch - TAI-based variant, and much more...