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
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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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
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 | ||
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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
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Salt Lake City, : University of Utah Press, c2011 | ||
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