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Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World

David Bodanis

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Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World

In Electric Universe, David Bodanis illuminates the wondrous yet invisible force that permeates our world. For centuries, electricity was viewed as little more than a curious property of certain substances that sparked when rubbed. Then, in the 1970s, Alessandro Volta began the scientific investigation that ignited an explosion of knowledge and invention, transforming our world. 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. A superb storyteller, David Bodanis weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration and fraud through lucid accounts of scientific breakthrough.

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Publisher
Little Brown GBR
Year
2005
ISBN-13
9780316729727
Genre
Science & Technology
Topics
ElectricityHistory of scienceScientific discovery

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