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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456582203321

Autore

Hunt Bruce J

Titolo

Pursuing Power and Light [[electronic resource] ] : Technology and Physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8018-9831-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science

Disciplina

609.034

Soggetti

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.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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