| Description |
1 online resource (53 minutes) |
| Summary |
For nearly 50 years, chemical engineer and inventor Maria Telkes applied her prodigious intellect to harnessing the power of the sun, including designing and building the world's first successfully solar-heated modern residence. Along the way, she was undercut and thwarted by her male boss and colleagues at MIT, but persevered despite these obstacles, holding more than 20 patents upon her death |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed May 08, 2023) |
| Performer |
Narrated by Andia Winslow |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Telkes, Mária
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Women scientists
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Women engineers
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Solar energy
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Solar houses
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Renewable energy sources
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Pollak, Amanda, director, producer
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Tempest, Gene, producer, screenwriter
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Winslow, Andia, narrator
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Insignia Films, production company
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher, film distributor
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