Nikola Tesla and the Electrical Future
- 240pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
A new biography of electrical pioneer Nikola Tesla, one of the most enigmatic and influential figures in the history of science.
Iwan Rhys Morus Libri
Iwan Rhys Morus è uno storico e professore di storia gallese il cui lavoro esplora l'intersezione tra scienza, cultura e società. La sua scrittura esamina come le idee e le pratiche scientifiche siano state plasmate dai contesti storici e sociali e, viceversa, come la scienza abbia trasformato il mondo circostante. Morus offre uno sguardo penetrante sull'evoluzione del pensiero e della tecnologia, illuminando le intricate relazioni tra la conoscenza umana e lo sviluppo storico. La sua erudizione è apprezzata per la sua profondità e la sua capacità di rendere accessibili argomenti complessi.
Frankenstein's Children
Electricity, Exhibition, and Experiment in Early-Nineteenth-Century London
- 340pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
The book explores the fascination with electricity in 19th-century London, highlighting not just Michael Faraday but also other experimenters who sought to captivate the public with their discoveries. Iwan Morus connects various fields such as scientific lecturing, telegraphic communication, and industrial electroplating, illustrating how electrical culture influenced a burgeoning consumer society. He emphasizes the interplay between science and production, focusing on the labor and resources essential for harnessing electricity and its transformative impact on society.
This authoritative biography of the Welsh man of science, William Robert Grove, places him at the heart of Victorian scientific culture.
The Oxford Illustrated History of Science
- 436pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
A fabulous series of essays from more than a dozen science historians that show science interacting with and being influenced by culture and society. Morus and company succeed in showing science as a product of human culture, not a phenomenon apart from it. Publishers Weekly
The Victorians invented the idea of the future - it was an undiscovered country, ripe for exploration and colonisation.