Michael Faraday and the electrical century / Iwan Rhys Morus.
Pubblicazione:
Cambridge : Icon books, c2004.
Descrizione fisica:
229 p. : ill. ; 19 cm
Serie:
Revolutions in science
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Prologue. Pt. 1. Growing up in scientific London: 1. The streets of London 2. Scientific London 3. Firts steps in science. Pt. 2. The philosopher's apprentice: 4. A fashionable place to be 5. The Grand tour 6. Electromagnetic rotations 7. F.R.S. Pt. 3. Radical electricity: 8. A dangerous science 9. The wizard of Fyne court 10. The elctrical universe 11. Galvanic medicine. Pt. 4. Royal institution science: 12. Bringing down the house 13. Self-fashioning 14. Performing science 15. Drawing the boundaries of science. Pt. 5. Cultures of display: 16. Electrical underworld 17. William Sturgeon and the London electrical society 18. Electricity on show 19. Utility. Pt. 6. The great experimenter: 20. An experimental world 21. Induction 22. Further experimental researches 23. Lines of force in space. Pt. 7. The electrical century: 24. Worlds apart 25. The electromagnetic universe 26. Selling electricity 27. Last thoughts. Further reading. Sources for illustrations
Carletti, Christian. Recensione].