TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hunt,Bruce J.
TI  - Pursuing Power and Light: Technology and Physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein
T2  - Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science Series
SN  - 9780801898310
AV  - T173.8 .H92 2010 
U1  - 609.034 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Technological innovations-History-19th century
KW  - Technological innovations-History-20th century
KW  - Research-History-19th century
KW  - Research-History-20th century
KW  - Physical sciences-Research-History-19th century
KW  - Physical sciences-Research-History-20th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A World Transformed -- 1 Steam and Work -- 2 Energy and Entropy -- 3 The Kinetic Theory: Chaos and Order -- 4 Electricity: Currents and Networks -- 5 Electromagnetism: Ether and Field -- 6 Electric Power and Light -- 7 Into a New Century -- Epilogue: Einstein at the Patent Office -- Suggested Further Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
N2  - Hunt translates his often-demanding material into engaging and accessible language suitable for undergraduate students of the history of science and technology
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ER  -