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An eye-opening history of the technology that harnessed electricity and powered the greatest scientific and technological advances of our time.
What begin as a long-running dispute in biology, involving a dead frog's twitching leg, a scalpel, and a metal plate, would become an invention that transformed the history of the world: the battery. Science journalist Henry Schlesinger traces the history of this essential power source and demonstrates its impact on our lives, from Alessandro Volta's first copper-and-zinc model in 1800 to twenty-first-century technological breakthroughs. Schlesinger introduces the charlatans and geniuses, the paupers and magnates, who were attracted to the power of the battery.
An eye-opening history of the technology that harnessed electricity and powered the greatest scientific and technological advances of our time.
What begin as a long-running dispute in biology, involving a dead frog's twitching leg, a scalpel, and a metal plate, would become an invention that transformed the history of the world: the battery. Science journalist Henry Schlesinger traces the history of this essential power source and demonstrates its impact on our lives, from Alessandro Volta's first copper-and-zinc model in 1800 to twenty-first-century technological breakthroughs. Schlesinger introduces the charlatans and geniuses, the paupers and magnates, who were attracted to the power of the battery.
Henry Schlesinger is a journalist and author specializing in science and emerging technologies. He is the coauthor of Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda, and lives in New York City.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2011 |
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Fachbereich: | Technik allgemein |
Genre: | Technik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780061442940 |
ISBN-10: | 0061442941 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Schlesinger, Henry |
Hersteller: | HarperCollins |
Maße: | 203 x 133 x 19 mm |
Von/Mit: | Henry Schlesinger |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.04.2011 |
Gewicht: | 0,405 kg |
Henry Schlesinger is a journalist and author specializing in science and emerging technologies. He is the coauthor of Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda, and lives in New York City.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2011 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Technik allgemein |
Genre: | Technik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780061442940 |
ISBN-10: | 0061442941 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Schlesinger, Henry |
Hersteller: | HarperCollins |
Maße: | 203 x 133 x 19 mm |
Von/Mit: | Henry Schlesinger |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.04.2011 |
Gewicht: | 0,405 kg |