Wind Energy – Poems and Photos / Energia Eólica – Poemas e Fotos

Wind Energy – Poems and Photos / Energia Eólica – Poemas e Fotos.

This is a book of poems and photos about wind power. A singular and unique publication.It is a bilingual book written in Portuguese-English A very interesting book where the author/poet/photographer put poems and photos, science and art, under the same ground.

Is there poetry in wind power? in those wind turbines? My answer is simple: yes, but you have to open your heart.Poets see fire, engineers see energy.

Book also contains comments by poets, scholars and some personalities from the wind energy sector, from Europe to USA, from Brazil to Asia.

– It is fitting then that Milton Pinto, an engineer by training and author of authoritative publications on wind industry has chosen to write not another technical manual, but a book of poetry. The idea of writing a book of poetry about a type of energy generation equipment may seem strange, but only at first glance.

• BEN BACKWELL

CEO of Global Wind Energy Council(GWEC) and Author of ‘Wind Power – The Struggle for Control of a New Global Industry.

– I am very pleased about this book which has been inspired by the flow of wind and its related technology, and which puts the inspiration into poetic words.

• STEFAN GSÄNGER

Secretary General – World Wind Energy Association.

– Wind power well deserves this first book of poetry to draw attention to the beauty of these awesomely gigantic but simple aerodynamic elegant structures.

• Dr. WILLIAM PAUL BELL

School of Economics/The University of Queensland – Australia.

– Milton’s poems speak directly to the beauty of wind turbines and their significance to the world. We need much more of this vision to recapture our sense of wonder and maintain the desire. Hear Milton’s poems.

• Dr. DAVID WOOD

Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringUniversity of Calgary, CanadaAuthor of ‘Small Wind Turbines: Analysis, Design, and Application’.

– …Wind power also has a more poetic and aesthetic element… This is beautifully expressed in Milton Pinto’s book.

• Dr. PETER HAUGE MADSEN

Department of Wind Energy – Technical University of Denmark.

– The Brazilian author Milton Pinto is not only a poet but also an electrical engineer, the author of two technical treatises, one of which is ‘Fundamentals of Wind Power’ (written in portuguese). Now he calls upon his deep experience to express the poetry which flows from these giants of the wind, presented in this original and new collection of poems.

• JEAN-PATRICK CONNERADE

Emeritus Professor of Physics, Imperial College London, President of the European Academy of Sciences Arts and Literature.

-As you reflect upon the poetry that follows, you will see the emergence of words from an engineer, an engineer who has escaped the bonds that were forged hundreds of years ago to separate the disciplines. Each word placed on the page creates a bridge between those disciplines.

• CRAIG GUNN, P.h.D.

College of Engineering – Michigan State University – USA.

-Milton Pinto, an electrical engineer, has already written Fundamentals of Wind Power, a portuguese language text book for students and professionals of wind energy. I wish him well with his latest title, his first book of poetry, but again about wind turbines.

• JACKI BUIST

Editor Windpower Monthly.

-This poet has the advantage of a proper understanding of engineering and so can celebrate ‘mechanics’, ‘kinematics’ and ‘aerodynamics’.

• IGGY McGOVERN

Physicist and Poet.Author of ‘A Mystic Dream of 4, a sonnet sequence based on the life of 19th century Irish mathematician, William Rowan Hamilton’Ireland, Dublin.