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Pursuing Power and Light
Technology and Physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein
Taschenbuch von Bruce J Hunt
Sprache: Englisch

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In the nineteenth century, science and technology developed a close and continuing relationship. The most important advancements in physics--the science of energy and the theory of the electromagnetic field--were deeply rooted in the new technologies of the steam engine, the telegraph, and electric power and light. Bruce J. Hunt here explores how the leading technologies of the industrial age helped reshape modern physics.
This period marked a watershed in how human beings exerted power over the world around them. Sweeping changes in manufacturing, transportation, and communications transformed the economy, society, and daily life in ways never before imagined. At the same time, physical scientists made great strides in the study of energy, atoms, and electromagnetism. Hunt shows how technology informed science and vice versa, examining the interaction between steam technology and the formulation of the laws of thermodynamics, for example, and that between telegraphy and the rise of electrical science.
Hunt's groundbreaking introduction to the history of physics points to the shift to atomic and quantum physics. It closes with a brief look at Albert Einstein's work at the Swiss patent office and the part it played in his formulation of relativity theory. Hunt translates his often-demanding material into engaging and accessible language suitable for undergraduate students of the history of science and technology.
In the nineteenth century, science and technology developed a close and continuing relationship. The most important advancements in physics--the science of energy and the theory of the electromagnetic field--were deeply rooted in the new technologies of the steam engine, the telegraph, and electric power and light. Bruce J. Hunt here explores how the leading technologies of the industrial age helped reshape modern physics.
This period marked a watershed in how human beings exerted power over the world around them. Sweeping changes in manufacturing, transportation, and communications transformed the economy, society, and daily life in ways never before imagined. At the same time, physical scientists made great strides in the study of energy, atoms, and electromagnetism. Hunt shows how technology informed science and vice versa, examining the interaction between steam technology and the formulation of the laws of thermodynamics, for example, and that between telegraphy and the rise of electrical science.
Hunt's groundbreaking introduction to the history of physics points to the shift to atomic and quantum physics. It closes with a brief look at Albert Einstein's work at the Swiss patent office and the part it played in his formulation of relativity theory. Hunt translates his often-demanding material into engaging and accessible language suitable for undergraduate students of the history of science and technology.
Über den Autor

Bruce J. Hunt is a professor of history at the University of Texas at Aus4n and the author of The Maxwellians and Imperial Science: Cable Telegraphy and Electrical Physics in the Victorian British Empire.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Technik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780801893599
ISBN-10: 0801893593
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hunt, Bruce J
Hersteller: Johns Hopkins University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Bruce J Hunt
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2010
Gewicht: 0,29 kg
Artikel-ID: 101370548
Über den Autor

Bruce J. Hunt is a professor of history at the University of Texas at Aus4n and the author of The Maxwellians and Imperial Science: Cable Telegraphy and Electrical Physics in the Victorian British Empire.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Technik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780801893599
ISBN-10: 0801893593
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hunt, Bruce J
Hersteller: Johns Hopkins University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Bruce J Hunt
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2010
Gewicht: 0,29 kg
Artikel-ID: 101370548
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