Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern

Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World

In Electric Universe, David Bodanis weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration, and fraud through a lucid account of the invisible force that permeates our universe. In these pages the virtuoso scientists who plumbed the secrets of electricity come vividly to life, including familiar giants like Thomas Edison; 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 on a platform of persecuting Catholics. Here too is Alan Turing, whose dream of a marvelous thinking machineâ€”what we know as the computerâ€”was met with indifference, and who ended his life in despair after British authorities forced him to undergo experimental treatments to â€œcureâ€ 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.
Country USA
Brand Broadway Books
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780307335982
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2006-02-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307335982

Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World