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The Electric Century : How the Taming of Lightning Shaped the Modern World / / by J.B. Williams
| The Electric Century : How the Taming of Lightning Shaped the Modern World / / by J.B. Williams |
| Autore | Williams J.B |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Disciplina | 537.09 |
| Collana | Popular Science |
| Soggetto topico |
Technology
Technology—History Electrical engineering Energy systems Computers Communication Popular Science in Technology History of Technology Electrical Engineering Energy Systems History of Computing Media and Communication |
| ISBN | 3-319-51155-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction -- 2 Chaotic Beginnings - 3 Lighting that Doesn’t Need Lighting -- 4 Streetcars, Subways, Trains and Suburbs -- 5 First You Have to Make It: The Spread of Electricity Supply -- 6 Beginnings of Mass Production: Electric Power in Industry -- 7 Early Mass Media: Newspapers and Cinema -- 8 The Catless Miaow: Wireless Telegraphy -- 9 Healthy? Early Medical Electricity -- 10 Portable Power: Batteries -- 11 A Good Investment: Electricity Grids -- 12 Willing Servants: The Growth of Appliances in the 1930s -- 13 Blackout: War and Crisis in Electric Power Generation -- 14 Give Someone a Bell - Telephones -- 15. Horseless Carriages: Road Vehicles -- 16 Too Cheap to Meter? Nuclear Power and Beyond -- 17 Keeping it Fresh: Fridges and Freezers -- 18 Banishing Washday: Home Laundry -- 19 Going up... Or Down: Elevators and Escalators -- 20 Gadgets: Small Household Appliances -- 21 Freedom of the House: Central Heating and Air Conditioning -- 22 Power Tools and the DIY Revolution -- 23 The Electric Century -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299912303321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
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The Electronics Revolution : Inventing the Future / / by J.B. Williams
| The Electronics Revolution : Inventing the Future / / by J.B. Williams |
| Autore | Williams J.B |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 286 p. 68 illus., 4 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 600 |
| Collana | Popular Science |
| Soggetto topico |
Technology
Technology—History Electrical engineering Energy systems Computers Communication Popular Science in Technology History of Technology Electrical Engineering Energy Systems History of Computing Media and Communication |
| ISBN | 3-319-49088-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction -- 2 Missed opportunities: The beginnings of electronics -- 3 From Wireless to Radio -- 4 Seeing by electricity – Development of Television -- 5 Seeing a hundred miles - Radar -- 6 The Box – Television takes over -- 7 Spinning discs - Recorded music -- 8 The crystal triode – The transistor -- 9 Pop Music - Youth culture in 1950s and 60s -- 10 From People to Machines – The Rise of Computers -- 11 Chips into everything – Integrated Circuits -- 12 From signboards to screens - Displays -- 13 Distributing time – Clocks and watches -- 14 From Desktop to Pocket - Calculators -- 15 Shrinking computers - microprocessors -- 16 Instant cooking - Microwave ovens -- 17 Essentials or toys - Home computers -- 18 Computers take over the Workplace -- 19 From Clerks to Xerography - Copiers -- 20 Shrinking the World – Communication satellites -- 21 Personal communicators - Mobile phones -- 22 Going online- The Internet -- 23 Glass to the rescue – Fibre optics -- 24 Towards virtual money – Cards, Atms and PoS -- 25 Saving TV programs - Video Recording -- 26 Electronics invades photography - Digital Cameras -- 27 Seeing inside the body – electronics aids medicine -- 28 Knowing where you are - GPS -- 29 The Electronics Revolution -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254331803321 |
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Williams J.B
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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