The Battery
Download or Read eBook The Battery PDF written by Henry Schlesinger and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2011-04-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Henry Schlesinger |
| Publisher | : Harper Perennial |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2011-04-12 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0061442941 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780061442940 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Battery by : Henry Schlesinger
Book excerpt: An eye-opening history of the technology that harnessed electricity and powered the greatest scientific and technological advances of our time. What begin as a long-running dispute in biology, involving a dead frog's twitching leg, a scalpel, and a metal plate, would become an invention that transformed the history of the world: the battery. Science journalist Henry Schlesinger traces the history of this essential power source and demonstrates its impact on our lives, from Alessandro Volta's first copper-and-zinc model in 1800 to twenty-first-century technological breakthroughs. Schlesinger introduces the charlatans and geniuses, the paupers and magnates, who were attracted to the power of the battery.
