Pursuing Power and Light Technology and Physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein

Name: Pursuing Power and Light Technology and Physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein
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ISBN: 9780801893599

ISBN-10: 0801893593

ISBN-13: 9780801893599

Edition: 2010

Authors: Bruce J. Hunt

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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 the same time, physical…

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List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 4/8/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.18" wide x 8.94" long x 0.49" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: A World Transformed



Steam and Work



Energy and Entropy



The Kinetic Theory: Chaos and Order



Electricity: Currents and Networks



Electromagnetism: Ether and Field



Electric Power and Light



Into a New Century


Epilogue: Einstein at the Patent Office


Suggested Further Reading


Index