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Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World
by Bodanis, David
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0349117667
- ISBN 13
- 9780349117669
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About This Item
US: Abacus, 2006. Paperback. Good. For centuries, electricity was viewed as little more than a curious propert y of certain substances that sparked when rubbed. Then, in the 1790s, Aless andro Volta began the scientific investigation that ignited an explosion of knowledge and invention, transforming our world. The force that once seeme d inconsequential was revealed to be responsible for everything from the st ructure of the atom to the functioning of our brains. A superb storyteller, Bodanis weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration, and fraud through lucid accounts of scientific breakthrough. The great discoverers come to life in all their brilliance and idiosyncrasy, including the visionary Michael Faraday, who struggled against the prejudices of the British class system, and Alexander Graham Bell, driven to invent by his love for a young deaf student. From the cold waters of the Atlantic, to the streets of Hamburg during a World War II firestorm and the interior of the human body, Electric Universe is a mesmerizing journey of discovery by a master science writer.
Synopsis
David Bodanis has taught intellectual history at Oxford and is the author of several books, including The Secret House and E=mc2 . A native of Chicago, he lives in London.
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- Infinity Books Japan (JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000058236
- Title
- Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World
- Author
- Bodanis, David
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0349117667
- ISBN 13
- 9780349117669
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 2006
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sciences / General Science;
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