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Autore |
Hunt Bruce J |
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Titolo |
Pursuing Power and Light [[electronic resource] ] : Technology and Physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Collana |
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Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. -- local |
Physical sciences -- Research -- History -- 19th century |
Physical sciences -- Research -- History -- 20th century |
Research -- History -- 19th century |
Research -- History -- 20th century |
Technological innovations -- History -- 19th century |
Technological innovations -- History -- 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A World Transformed; 1 Steam and Work; 2 Energy and Entropy; 3 The Kinetic Theory: Chaos and Order; 4 Electricity: Currents and Networks; 5 Electromagnetism: Ether and Field; 6 Electric Power and Light; 7 Into a New Century; Epilogue: Einstein at the Patent Office; Suggested Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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