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    Pursuing power and light : (Record no. 8964)

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    008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
    fixed length control field 090520s2010 mdua b 001 0 eng
    010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
    LC control number 2009020235
    040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
    Original cataloging agency DLC
    Language of cataloging eng
    Transcribing agency DLC
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    020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
    International Standard Book Number 9780801893582 (hardcover : alk. paper)
    020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
    International Standard Book Number 0801893585 (hardcover : alk. paper)
    020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
    International Standard Book Number 9780801893599 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
    International Standard Book Number 0801893593 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
    System control number (OCoLC)344061957
    050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
    Classification number T173.8
    Item number .H92 2010
    082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
    Classification number 609.034
    Edition number 22
    100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
    Personal name Hunt, Bruce J.
    245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
    Title Pursuing power and light :
    Remainder of title technology and physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein /
    Statement of responsibility, etc. Bruce J. Hunt.
    260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
    Place of publication, distribution, etc. Baltimore :
    Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Johns Hopkins University Press,
    Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2010.
    300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
    Extent 182 p. :
    Other physical details ill. ;
    Dimensions 23 cm.
    490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
    Series statement Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science
    504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
    Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-176) and index.
    505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
    Formatted contents note A world transformed -- Steam and work -- Energy and entropy -- The kinetic theory: chaos and order -- Electricity: currents and networks -- Electromagnetism: ether and field -- Electric power and light -- Into a new century -- Einstein at the patent office.
    520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
    Summary, etc. In the nineteenth century, science and technology developed a close and continuing relationship. The most important advancements in physics, the science of energy and the theory of the electromagnetic field, were deeply rooted in the new technologies of the steam engine, the telegraph, and electric power and light. The author here explores how the leading technologies of the industrial age helped reshape modern physics. This particular period in history marked a watershed in how human beings exerted power over the world around them. Sweeping changes in manufacturing, transportation, and communications transformed the economy, society, and daily life in ways never before imagined. At the same time, physical scientists made great strides in the study of energy, atoms, and electromagnetism. In this book the author shows how technology informed science and vice versa, examining the interaction between steam technology and the formulation of the laws of thermodynamics, for example, and that between telegraphy and the rise of electrical science. This introduction to the history of physics points to the shift to atomic and quantum physics. It closes with a brief look at Albert Einstein's work at the Swiss patent office and the part it played in his formulation of relativity theory.
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    650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
    Topical term or geographic name entry element Technological innovations
    General subdivision History
    Chronological subdivision 19th century.
    650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
    Topical term or geographic name entry element Technological innovations
    General subdivision History
    Chronological subdivision 20th century.
    650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
    Topical term or geographic name entry element Research
    General subdivision History
    Chronological subdivision 19th century.
    650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
    Topical term or geographic name entry element Research
    General subdivision History
    Chronological subdivision 20th century.
    650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
    Topical term or geographic name entry element Physical sciences
    General subdivision Research
    -- History
    Chronological subdivision 19th century.
    650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
    Topical term or geographic name entry element Physical sciences
    General subdivision Research
    -- History
    Chronological subdivision 20th century.
    830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
    Uniform title Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science.
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    Koha item type Books
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    Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Copy number Price effective from Koha item type Public note
              Female Library Female Library 10/10/2013   T173.8 .H92 2010 51952000117056 04/15/2021 1 04/15/2021 Books STACKS
              Main Library Main Library 04/18/2021   T173.8 .H92 2010 51952000143826 04/15/2021 1 04/15/2021 Books STACKS