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- ISBN
- 9780739313251
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Compact Disc
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Electric Universe : the Shocking True Story of Electricity
- Publisher
- Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Genre
- Science
- Topic
- General
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In his bestselling E=mc2, David Bodanis led us, with astonishing ease, through the world's most famous equation. Now, in Electric Universe, he illuminates the wondrous yet invisible force that permeates our universe-and introduces us to the virtuoso scientists who plumbed its secrets. For centuries, electricity was seen as little more than a curious property of certain substances that sparked when rubbed. Then, in the 1790s, Alessandro Volta began the scientific investigation that ignited an explosion of knowledge and invention. The force that once seemed inconsequential was revealed to be responsible for everything from the structure of the atom to the functioning of our brains. In harnessing its power, we have created a world of wonders-complete with roller coasters and radar, computer networks and psychopharmaceuticals. A superb storyteller, Bodanis weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration, and fraud through lucid accounts of scientific breakthroughs. The great discoverers come to life in all their brilliance and idiosyncrasy, including the visionary Michael Faraday, who struggled against the prejudices of the British class system, and Samuel Morse, a painter who, before inventing the telegraph, ran for mayor of New York City on a platform of persecuting Catholics. Here too is Alan Turing, whose dream of a marvelous thinking machine-what we know as the computer-was met with indifference, and who ended his life in despair after British authorities forced him to undergo experimental treatments to "cure" his homosexuality. From the frigid waters of the Atlantic to the streets of Hamburg during a World War II firestorm to the interior of the human body, Electric Universe is a mesmerizing journey of discovery by a master science writer. From the Hardcover edition.
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Publisher
Random House Audio Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0739313258
ISBN-13
9780739313251
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30536730
Product Key Features
Book Title
Electric Universe : the Shocking True Story of Electricity
Format
Compact Disc
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Science
Dimensions
Item Length
4.9in.
Item Height
1in.
Item Width
5.7in.
Item Weight
7.6 Oz
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Trade
Edition Description
Abridged Edition
Reviews
"Hugely impressive. No one makes complex science more fascinating and accessible-and indeed more pleasurable-than David Bodanis." -Bill Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods "Bodanis wears his immense knowledge lightly. His crystal-clear explanations of everything from force fields under the Atlantic to GPS satellites combine with a flair for narrative and an eagle eye for obscure facts (where else can you learn that antidepressants turn into liquid electricity when swallowed?) to provide an intriguing account of how the wonders of electricity have transformed our world." -Ross King, author of Brunelleschi's Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling "Electric Universe is a technological odyssey complete with heroes and villains, triumph and tragedy-a true scientific adventure." -Simon Singh, author of Fermat's Enigma and Big Bang From the Hardcover edition., "Hugely impressive. No one makes complex science more fascinating and accessible-and indeed more pleasurable-than David Bodanis." -Bill Bryson, author ofA Short History of Nearly EverythingandA Walk in the Woods "Bodanis wears his immense knowledge lightly. His crystal-clear explanations of everything from force fields under the Atlantic to GPS satellites combine with a flair for narrative and an eagle eye for obscure facts (where else can you learn that antidepressants turn into liquid electricity when swallowed?) to provide an intriguing account of how the wonders of electricity have transformed our world." -Ross King, author ofBrunelleschi's DomeandMichelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling "Electric Universeis a technological odyssey complete with heroes and villains, triumph and tragedy-a true scientific adventure." -Simon Singh, author ofFermat's EnigmaandBig Bang From the Hardcover edition.
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537
Dewey Edition
22
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