Nikola Tesla and the Electrical Future
- 240pages
- 9 heures de lecture
A new biography of electrical pioneer Nikola Tesla, one of the most enigmatic and influential figures in the history of science.
Iwan Rhys Morus Livres
Iwan Rhys Morus est un historien et professeur d'histoire galloise dont l'œuvre explore l'intersection de la science, de la culture et de la société. Son écriture examine comment les idées et les pratiques scientifiques ont été façonnées par des contextes historiques et sociaux et, inversement, comment la science a transformé le monde qui l'entoure. Morus offre un regard pénétrant sur l'évolution de la pensée et de la technologie, éclairant les relations complexes entre la connaissance humaine et le développement historique. Son érudition est appréciée pour sa profondeur et sa capacité à rendre accessibles des sujets complexes.
Frankenstein's Children
Electricity, Exhibition, and Experiment in Early-Nineteenth-Century London
- 340pages
- 12 heures de lecture
The book explores the fascination with electricity in 19th-century London, highlighting not just Michael Faraday but also other experimenters who sought to captivate the public with their discoveries. Iwan Morus connects various fields such as scientific lecturing, telegraphic communication, and industrial electroplating, illustrating how electrical culture influenced a burgeoning consumer society. He emphasizes the interplay between science and production, focusing on the labor and resources essential for harnessing electricity and its transformative impact on society.
This authoritative biography of the Welsh man of science, William Robert Grove, places him at the heart of Victorian scientific culture.
The Oxford Illustrated History of Science
- 436pages
- 16 heures de lecture
A fabulous series of essays from more than a dozen science historians that show science interacting with and being influenced by culture and society. Morus and company succeed in showing science as a product of human culture, not a phenomenon apart from it. Publishers Weekly
The Victorians invented the idea of the future - it was an undiscovered country, ripe for exploration and colonisation.