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Pursuing Power and Light: Technology and Physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein
Bruce J. Hunt
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Description for Pursuing Power and Light: Technology and Physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein
Paperback. Hunt translates his often-demanding material into engaging and accessible language suitable for undergraduate students of the history of science and technology. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24, 16 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PH; TBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
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 the world around them. Sweeping changes in manufacturing, transportation, and communications transformed the economy, society, and daily life in ways never before imagined. At ... Read more
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 the world around them. Sweeping changes in manufacturing, transportation, and communications transformed the economy, society, and daily life in ways never before imagined. At ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science
Condition
New
Weight
267g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801893599
SKU
V9780801893599
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About Bruce J. Hunt
Bruce J. Hunt is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin and author of The Maxwellians.
Reviews for Pursuing Power and Light: Technology and Physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein
Highly recommended. Choice 2010 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 2011 Essential reading both for students in engineering and the sciences and for those in HPS departments... enjoyable and very interesting reading.
Stathis Arapostathis Metascience 2011
Robert Friedel Physics Today 2011 Essential reading both for students in engineering and the sciences and for those in HPS departments... enjoyable and very interesting reading.
Stathis Arapostathis Metascience 2011