Draw the lightning down [[electronic resource] ] : Benjamin Franklin and electrical technology in the Age of Enlightenment / / Michael Brian Schiffer, with the assistance of Kacy L. Hollenback and Carrie L. Bell |
Autore | Schiffer Michael B |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.3/0973/09033 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HollenbackKacy L
BellCarrie L |
Soggetto topico |
Electrical engineering - History - 18th century
Electricity - History - 18th century Enlightenment |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-59734-584-9
0-520-93985-9 9786612358531 1-282-35853-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- 1. The Franklin Phenomenon -- 2. In the Beginning -- 3. A Coming of Age -- 4. Going Public -- 5. Power to the People -- 6. Life and Death -- 7. First, Do No Harm -- 8. An Electrical World -- 9. Property Protectors -- 10. A New Alchemy -- 11. Visionary Inventors -- 12. Technology Transfer: A Behavioral Framework -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463122703321 |
Schiffer Michael B | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Draw the lightning down : Benjamin Franklin and electrical technology in the Age of Enlightenment / / Michael Brian Schiffer, with the assistance of Kacy L. Hollenback and Carrie L. Bell |
Autore | Schiffer Michael B |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.3/0973/09033 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HollenbackKacy L
BellCarrie L |
Soggetto topico |
Electrical engineering - History - 18th century
Electricity - History - 18th century Enlightenment |
ISBN |
1-59734-584-9
0-520-93985-9 9786612358531 1-282-35853-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- 1. The Franklin Phenomenon -- 2. In the Beginning -- 3. A Coming of Age -- 4. Going Public -- 5. Power to the People -- 6. Life and Death -- 7. First, Do No Harm -- 8. An Electrical World -- 9. Property Protectors -- 10. A New Alchemy -- 11. Visionary Inventors -- 12. Technology Transfer: A Behavioral Framework -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818650803321 |
Schiffer Michael B | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The material life of human beings : artifacts, behavior, and communication / / Michael Brian Schiffer with the assistance of Andrea R. Miller |
Autore | Schiffer Michael B |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (173 pages) |
Disciplina | 306 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MillerAndrea R |
Soggetto topico |
Material culture
Human behavior Communication and culture |
ISBN |
1-134-63725-X
1-134-63724-1 0-203-03054-0 1-280-33091-0 0-203-25807-X 9786610330911 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What is human behavior? -- Artifacts and ~interpersonal~ communication -- Some first principles -- A general theory of communication -- Basic communication processes -- Explaining performance: a general model of receiver response. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819560203321 |
Schiffer Michael B | ||
London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Power struggles [[electronic resource] ] : scientific authority and the creation of practical electricity before Edison / / Michael Brian Schiffer |
Autore | Schiffer Michael B |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.30973 |
Soggetto topico | Electrical engineering - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-262-29299-8
0-262-28312-3 1-4356-6290-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453910703321 |
Schiffer Michael B | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Power struggles : scientific authority and the creation of practical electricity before Edison / / Michael Brian Schiffer |
Autore | Schiffer Michael B |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.30973 |
Soggetto topico | Electrical engineering - United States - History |
ISBN |
0-262-29299-8
0-262-28312-3 1-4356-6290-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Studying Technological Change -- 2 Technological Transitions -- 3 Electromagnetism Revealed -- 4 An American Physicist -- 5 Telegraphic Visions -- 6 Mechanical Electricity -- 7 The Blacksmith's Motor -- 8 The Chemistry Connection -- 9 A Peculiar Calling -- 10 Hard Times -- 11 It's a Blast -- 12 "What Hath God Wrought!" -- 13 Magnetic Power Derailed -- 14 Humbug! -- 15 Action at a Distance -- 16 First Light -- 17 If at First You Don't Succeed . . . -- 18 A Thousand Points of Light -- 19 Machine-Age Electricity -- 20 A Beacon of Modernity -- 21 Enter Edison -- 22 New Light -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824287503321 |
Schiffer Michael B | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Studying technological change [[electronic resource] ] : a behavioral approach / / Michael Brian Schiffer |
Autore | Schiffer Michael B |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Salt Lake City, : University of Utah Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
Collana | Foundations of archaeological inquiry |
Soggetto topico |
Technological innovations - Social aspects
Archaeology - Methodology Human behavior - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-60781-989-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Building a "crap detector" -- A conceptual scheme -- Social needs and technological change -- Some basic invention processes -- Technology-stimulated invention -- Development and resource acquisition -- Development and the design process -- Manufacture -- Adoption -- Large-scale processes of aggregate technologies -- Reflections. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458013103321 |
Schiffer Michael B | ||
Salt Lake City, : University of Utah Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Studying technological change : a behavioral approach / / Michael Brian Schiffer |
Autore | Schiffer Michael B |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Salt Lake City, : University of Utah Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48/3 |
Collana | Foundations of archaeological inquiry |
Soggetto topico |
Technological innovations - Social aspects
Archaeology - Methodology Human behavior - History |
ISBN | 1-60781-989-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Building a "crap detector" -- A conceptual scheme -- Social needs and technological change -- Some basic invention processes -- Technology-stimulated invention -- Development and resource acquisition -- Development and the design process -- Manufacture -- Adoption -- Large-scale processes of aggregate technologies -- Reflections. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838400603321 |
Schiffer Michael B | ||
Salt Lake City, : University of Utah Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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