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The Battery

by: Schlesinger, Henry

The Battery

by: Schlesinger, Henry

ISBN 13:
9780061442933
ISBN 10:
0061442933
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/01/2010
Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

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In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky's "Cod" and "Salt" comes 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.

Introduction History in Real Time	p. ix
A World without Science	p. 1
The Death of Superstition	p. 10
The Tale of the Frog	p. 39
Science, Showmanship, and the Voltaic Pile	p. 51
Not a Gentleman of Science	p. 69
What Hath God Wrought?	p. 97
Finally, Something Useful	p. 131
Power and Light	p. 141
Genius by Design	p. 169
Victorian Age of Discovery	p. 176
Without Wires	p. 184
Mass-Marketing Miracles	p. 198
What Will They Think of Next?	p. 213
Distance Dies in the Parlor	p. 217
The Endless Frontier	p. 225
See It! Hear It! Get It!	p. 251
Smaller and Smaller	p. 262
Always On	p. 270
Lab Reports	p. 274
Epilogue Bring on the Future	p. 279
Appendix Those Troublesome Baghdad Batteries	p. 283
Selected Bibliography	p. 289
Index	p. 297
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The Battery

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0061442933

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