The Battery: How Portable Power Sparked a Technological

The Battery: How Portable Power Sparked a Technological Revolution

â€œHenry Schlesinger is playful and intelligent and obscenely well read.â€ â€” Richard Zacks, author of The Pirate Hunter
"Henry Schlesingerâ€™s fascinating and superbly researched history of the battery is the story of civilization as we know it." â€” Michael Belfiore, author of The Department of Mad Scientists
Henry Schlesingerâ€™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.
Country USA
Brand Smithsonian
Manufacturer Smithsonian
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2010-03-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780061442933

The Battery: How Portable Power Sparked a Technological Revolution