SCIENCE / Physics / Electricity
Showing results 1-4 of 4
Filter Results OPEN +
When the Lights Went Out
A History of Blackouts in America
ISBN: 9780262525077
Blackouts—whether they result from military planning, network failure, human error, or terrorism—offer snapshots of electricity's increasingly central role in American society.
Engineering Invention
Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. Electrical Industry
ISBN: 9780262042567
The technological breakthroughs and entrepreneurial adventures of Frank J. Sprague during the transformative years of the early electrical industry.
Communications Under the Seas
The Evolving Cable Network and Its Implications
ISBN: 9780262012867
The technology of undersea communications, from stranded-wire telegraph cables in the 1850s to fiber-optic cables at the end of the twentieth century, and its social, political, and economic impact.
A History of Electricity and Magnetism
A History of Electricity and Magnetism
ISBN: 9780262130707
Written so as to be understood by the nontechnical reader who is curious about the origin of all the electrical and electromagnetic devices that surround him, this history also provides a convenient...
When the Lights Went Out
A History of Blackouts in America
ISBN: 9780262525077
Blackouts—whether they result from military planning, network failure, human error, or terrorism—offer snapshots of electricity's increasingly central role in American society.
Engineering Invention
Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. Electrical Industry
ISBN: 9780262042567
The technological breakthroughs and entrepreneurial adventures of Frank J. Sprague during the transformative years of the early electrical industry.
Communications Under the Seas
The Evolving Cable Network and Its Implications
ISBN: 9780262012867
The technology of undersea communications, from stranded-wire telegraph cables in the 1850s to fiber-optic cables at the end of the twentieth century, and its social, political, and economic impact.
A History of Electricity and Magnetism
A History of Electricity and Magnetism
ISBN: 9780262130707
Written so as to be understood by the nontechnical reader who is curious about the origin of all the electrical and electromagnetic devices that surround him, this history also provides a convenient...