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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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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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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