Format:
XV, 381 S. : Ill.
ISBN:
0-691-09685-6
Content:
"Examining the social and scientific contexts in which Volta operated - as well as Europe's reception of his most famous invention - Volta also offers a sustained inquiry into long-term features of science and technology as they developed in the early age of electricity. Pancaldi considers the voltaic cell, or battery, as a case study of Enlightenment notions and their consequences, consequences that would include the emergence of the "scientist" at the expense of the "natural philosopher.""--BOOK JACKET.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Natural Sciences
,
Physics
Keywords:
1745-1827 Volta, Alessandro
;
Biografie
;
Biographie (Descripteur de forme)
;
Biografie
URL:
Publisher description
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