Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World
- ISBN-10
- 0307335984
- ISBN-13
- 9780307335982
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 308
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Author
- David Bodanis
Description
Presents the history of the science of electricity, discussing the influence of the scientists and pioneers who investigated the unique properties of charged particles, including Alessandro Volta, Michael Faraday, and Samuel Morse.
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- 2005-01
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