Pursuing Power and Light
Technology and Physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein
$147.68
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
14 April 2010
Summary
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 t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780801893582 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0801893585 |
| Author: | Bruce J. Hunt |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 14 April 2010 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Hopkins Introductions to the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine |
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Pursuing Power and Light is the best and most up-to-date treatment, especially for undergraduates, of the key concepts and figures of 19th-century physics.
Highly recommended. Choice Pursuing Power and Light is the best and most up-to-date treatment, especially for undergraduates, of the key concepts and figures of 19th-century physics. – Robert Friedel Physics Today Essential reading both for students in engineering and the sciences and for those in HPS departments… enjoyable and very interesting reading. – Stathis Arapostathis Metascience Pursuing Power and Light is a bravura performance that should inform and inspire many an undergraduate and general reader. – David Philip Miller British Journal of the History of Science Pursuing Power and Light is a bravura performance that should inform and inspire many an undergraduate and general reader. – David Philip Miller British Journal for the History of Science Concise, technically lucid, and remarkably readable. – Suman Seth Isis
About The Author
Bruce J. Hunt
Bruce J. Hunt is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin and author of The Maxwellians.
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