| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
The first popular history of the technology which harnessed electricity and powered the greatest scientific and technological advances of the modern era. Line drawings throughout. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-296) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: History in real time -- A world without science -- The death of superstition -- The tale of the frog -- Science, showmanship, and the voltaic pile -- Not a gentleman of science -- What hath God wrought? -- Finally, something useful -- Power and light -- Genius by design -- Victorian age of discovery -- Without wires -- Mass-marketing miracles -- What will they think of next? -- Distance dies in the parlor -- The endless frontier -- See it! Hear it! Get it! -- Smaller and smaller -- Always on -- Lab reports -- Epilogue: Bring on the future -- Appendix: Those troublesome Baghdad batteries. |
| Subject |
Electric batteries -- Design and construction -- History.
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Storage batteries -- Design and construction -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780061442933 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0061442933 hardcover alkaline paper |
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