Electric universe : how electricity switched on the modern world /
Presents the history of the science of electricity, discussing the influence of the scientists and pioneers who investigated the unique properties of charged particles, including Alessandro Volta, Michael Faraday, and Samuel Morse.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Three Rivers Press,
[2005]
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| Edition: | 1st pbk. ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only Sample text Publisher description Contributor biographical information |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Wires.
- The frontiersman and the dandy, Albany, 1830, and Washington, D.C., 1836
- Aleck and Mabel, Boston, 1875
- Thomas and J.J., New York, 1878
- Waves.
- Faraday's god, London, 1831
- Atlantic storms, HMS Agamemnon, 1858, and Scotland, 1861
- Wave machines.
- A solitary man, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1887
- Power in the air, Suffolk Coast, 1939, and Bruneval, France, 1942
- Power unleashed, Hamburg, 1943
- A computer built of rock.
- Turing, Cambridge, 1936, and Bletchley Park, 1942
- Turing's legacy, New Jersey, 1947
- The brain and beyond.
- Wet electricity, Plymouth, England, 1947
- Electric moods, Indianapolis, 1972, and Today
- What happened next
- Mr. Amp, Mr. Volt, and Mr. Watt
- Notes
- Guide to further reading
- Index.