The Battery: How Portable Power Sparked a Technological Revolution - The First Popular History of Electricity That Powered Civilization
Schlesinger, Henry
ISBN 10: 0061442941 ISBN 13: 9780061442940
Verlag: HarperCollins, 2011
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“Henry Schlesinger is playful and intelligent and obscenely well read.” — Richard Zacks, author of The Pirate Hunter
"Henry Schlesinger’s fascinating and superbly researched history of the battery is the story of civilization as we know it." — Michael Belfiore, author of The Department of Mad Scientists
Henry Schlesinger’s The Battery is the first popular history of the technology that harnessed electricity and powered the greatest scientific and technological advances of our time. If you like Wired Magazine and popular science books, you'll love the "hidden history" of The Battery.
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Henry Schlesinger is a journalist and author specializing in science and emerging technologies. He is the coauthor of Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda, and lives in New York City.
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Titel: The Battery: How Portable Power Sparked a ...
Verlag: HarperCollins
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Very Good