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 (Michael Brian), <1947-> |
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 non controllato |
18th century
age of enlightenment benjamin franklin electrical devices electrical experiments electrical science electrical technology electricity historical international community inventions inventors lightning rods lights medical instruments modern developments modern world motors musical instruments nonfiction physicists revolutionary experiments science and culture scientific developments technological advancements |
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-9910786712703321 |
Schiffer Michael B (Michael Brian), <1947->
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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 (Michael Brian), <1947-> |
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 |
Soggetto non controllato |
18th century
age of enlightenment benjamin franklin electrical devices electrical experiments electrical science electrical technology electricity historical international community inventions inventors lightning rods lights medical instruments modern developments modern world motors musical instruments nonfiction physicists revolutionary experiments science and culture scientific developments technological advancements |
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 (Michael Brian), <1947->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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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 (Michael Brian), <1947-> |
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-9910784082003321 |
Schiffer Michael B (Michael Brian), <1947->
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 | ||
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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 (Michael Brian), <1947-> |
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 (Michael Brian), <1947->
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Power struggles : scientific authority and the creation of practical electricity before Edison / / Michael Brian Schiffer |
Autore | Schiffer Michael B (Michael Brian), <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.30973 |
Soggetto topico | Electrical engineering - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology |
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-9910782139203321 |
Schiffer Michael B (Michael Brian), <1947->
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 | ||
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Power struggles : scientific authority and the creation of practical electricity before Edison / / Michael Brian Schiffer |
Autore | Schiffer Michael B (Michael Brian), <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.30973 |
Soggetto topico | Electrical engineering - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology |
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-9910824287503321 |
Schiffer Michael B (Michael Brian), <1947->
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 | ||
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Studying technological change [[electronic resource] ] : a behavioral approach / / Michael Brian Schiffer |
Autore | Schiffer Michael B (Michael Brian), <1947-> |
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 (Michael Brian), <1947->
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Salt Lake City, : University of Utah Press, c2011 | ||
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