Seize the Day

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
David Prerau, computer scientist and author of Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time, talks about the history of daylight saving time and its effects on energy consumption and electronic devices.

Seize the Daylight is available for purchase at Amazon.com

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