Playing With Fire: Histories of the Lightning Rod - Couverture rigide

 
9781606189955: Playing With Fire: Histories of the Lightning Rod
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ISBN 10 : 1606189956 ISBN 13 : 9781606189955
Editeur : American Philosophical Society Press, 2009

Synopsis

This collection of historical and scientific studies shows the impressive significance of the invention, development, and use of the lightning rod in the past 250 years. The rod was a device long taken to be a symbol of enlightenment and utility, judged by some people the very first practical application of the experimental physical sciences to truly practical ends; opposition to its introduction was similarly taken to be a sign of superstition. These essays move beyond the lightning rods' storied revolutionary symbolism to explore the range of techniques and experiments that fashioned conductors and their varied meanings. "An intriguing and entertaining history of one of modernity's most cherished technoscientific objects." Illustrations.

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Éditeur
American Philosophical Society Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1606189956
ISBN 13 
9781606189955
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
290
Éditeur
Rhees David J., Hochadel Oliver, Heering Peter
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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