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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House
Publication date
February 1, 2005
Binding
Cassette/Spoken Word
Edition
Abridged
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780739313244
ISBN-10
073931324X
Availability§
Publication Cancelled
Original list price
$25.00
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A popular history of the science of electricity follows the work of the scientists and pioneers who investigated its unique properties and secrets and discusses the influence of their scientific breakthroughs on our ability to harness its power.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In his bestselling E=mc2, David Bodanis led us, with astonishing ease, through the worldâs most famous equation. Now, in Electric Universe, he illuminates the wondrous yet invisible force that permeates our universeâand introduces us to the virtuoso scientists who plumbed its secrets.
For centuries, electricity was seen as little more than a curious property of certain substances that sparked when rubbed. Then, in the 1790s, Alessandro Volta began the scientific investigation that ignited an explosion of knowledge and invention. The force that once seemed inconsequential was revealed to be responsible for everything from the structure of the atom to the functioning of our brains. In harnessing its power, we have created a world of wondersâcomplete with roller coasters and radar, computer networks and psychopharmaceuticals.
A superb storyteller, Bodanis weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration, and fraud through lucid accounts of scientific breakthroughs. The great discoverers come to life in all their brilliance and idiosyncrasy, including the visionary Michael Faraday, who struggled against the prejudices of the British class system, and Samuel Morse, a painter who, before inventing the telegraph, ran for mayor of New York City on a platform of persecuting Catholics. Here too is Alan Turing, whose dream of a marvelous thinking machineâwhat we know as the computerâwas met with indifference, and who ended his life in despair after British authorities forced him to undergo experimental treatments to âcureâ his homosexuality.
From the frigid waters of the Atlantic to the streets of Hamburg during a World War II firestorm to the interior of the human body, Electric Universe is a mesmerizing journey of discovery by a master science writer.
From the Hardcover edition.
For centuries, electricity was seen as little more than a curious property of certain substances that sparked when rubbed. Then, in the 1790s, Alessandro Volta began the scientific investigation that ignited an explosion of knowledge and invention. The force that once seemed inconsequential was revealed to be responsible for everything from the structure of the atom to the functioning of our brains. In harnessing its power, we have created a world of wondersâcomplete with roller coasters and radar, computer networks and psychopharmaceuticals.
A superb storyteller, Bodanis weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration, and fraud through lucid accounts of scientific breakthroughs. The great discoverers come to life in all their brilliance and idiosyncrasy, including the visionary Michael Faraday, who struggled against the prejudices of the British class system, and Samuel Morse, a painter who, before inventing the telegraph, ran for mayor of New York City on a platform of persecuting Catholics. Here too is Alan Turing, whose dream of a marvelous thinking machineâwhat we know as the computerâwas met with indifference, and who ended his life in despair after British authorities forced him to undergo experimental treatments to âcureâ his homosexuality.
From the frigid waters of the Atlantic to the streets of Hamburg during a World War II firestorm to the interior of the human body, Electric Universe is a mesmerizing journey of discovery by a master science writer.
From the Hardcover edition.
Editions
Hardcover
from Gardners Books (January 20, 2005)
9780316861823 | details & prices | 320 pages | 6.00 × 8.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.42 lbs | List price $25.15
About: From the author of 'E=MC2', this title provides a descriptive analysis of one of the most powerful forces that controls the universe - electricity.
About: From the author of 'E=MC2', this title provides a descriptive analysis of one of the most powerful forces that controls the universe - electricity.
Paperback
from Gardners Books (January 20, 2005); titled "Electric Universe"
9780316729727 | details & prices | 256 pages | List price $21.40
Cassette/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
Abridged edition from Random House (February 1, 2005)
9780739313244 | details & prices | List price $25.00
About: A popular history of the science of electricity follows the work of the scientists and pioneers who investigated its unique properties and secrets and discusses the influence of their scientific breakthroughs on our ability to harness its power.
About: A popular history of the science of electricity follows the work of the scientists and pioneers who investigated its unique properties and secrets and discusses the influence of their scientific breakthroughs on our ability to harness its power.
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