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020			_a9780801893582 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a0801893585 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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035			_a(OCoLC)344061957
050	0	0	_aT173.8 _b.H92 2010
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100	1		_aHunt, Bruce J.
245	1	0	_aPursuing power and light : _btechnology and physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein / _cBruce J. Hunt.
260			_aBaltimore : _bJohns Hopkins University Press, _c2010.
300			_a182 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
490	1		_aJohns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 169-176) and index.
505	0		_aA 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			_aIn 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.
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aResearch _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aResearch _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aPhysical sciences _xResearch _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aPhysical sciences _xResearch _xHistory _y20th century.
830		0	_aJohns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science.
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