Pursuing power and light : technology and physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein / / Bruce J. Hunt

• Autore: Hunt Bruce J
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 609.034
• Soggetto topico: Technological innovations - History - 19th century; Technological innovations - History - 20th century; Research - History - 19th century; Research - History - 20th century; Physical sciences - Research - History - 19th century; Physical sciences - Research - History - 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Hunt translates his often-demanding material into engaging and accessible language suitable for undergraduate students of the history of science and technology.
• Titolo autorizzato: Pursuing power and light
• ISBN: 0-8018-9831-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911104055803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science.