Bibliograph

The battery, how portable power sparked a technological revolution, Henry Schlesinger

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The battery, how portable power sparked a technological revolution, Henry Schlesinger

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-296) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The battery

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

419855785

Responsibility statement

Henry Schlesinger

Sub title

how portable power sparked a technological revolution

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

Table Of 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

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