The Battery (Henry Schlesinger)
Today, we pay tribute to something that's in almost every piece of portable technology today: the humble battery. Henry Schlesinger is the author of a new book called "The Battery: How Portable Power Sparked a Technological Revolution
Schlesinger also looks at why — in the near future — the need for battery materials may turn Bolivia into the next Saudi Arabia.
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