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

• Autore: Hunt Bruce J
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 609.034
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Pursuing Power and Light
• ISBN: 0-8018-9831-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456582203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science