Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.88 (849 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0007VZ6XS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 105 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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In harnessing its power, we have created a world of wonders—complete with roller coasters and radar, computer networks and psychopharmaceuticals.A superb storyteller, Bodanis weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration, and fraud through lucid accounts of scientific breakthroughs. The great discoverers come to life in all their brilliance and idiosyncrasy, including the visionary Michael Faraday, who struggled against the prejudices of the British class system, and Samuel Morse, a painter who, before inventing the telegraph, ran for mayor of New York City on a platform of persecuting Catholics. Here too is Alan Turing, whose dream of a marvelous thinking machine—what we know as the computer—was met with indifference, and who ended his life in despair after British
Gil Cabrera said Electric Universe more than just a title. *SPOILERS*"So what are you reading?" I looked up to see my waitress looking disinterested and not even looking in my direction when she asked."Electric Universe by David Bodanis." I replied."Sounds boring." She exhaled as if stifling a yawn. Now ordinarily I would just let it go at that but I got the distinct impression that her quick di. ""True" Story? The Science is Not True" according to Moe Rubenzahl. Mixed feelings for this one. On one hand, the history is accurate and interesting, and Mr. Bodanis does a great job with insights and back stories about the people behind electricity's development. But his understanding of electricity itself made me cringe. Over and over, the author "explains" technology using analogies that are misleadi. M. Strong said Not enough focus or clarity - doesn't illuminate the topic.. This book reads like a lot of the papers I wrote in college - just enough content to get to the page requirement. It's really too bad and unexpected, because Bodanis's previous effort at science made understandable for the layman, "E=mc"Not enough focus or clarity - doesn't illuminate the topic." according to M. Strong. This book reads like a lot of the papers I wrote in college - just enough content to get to the page requirement. It's really too bad and unexpected, because Bodanis's previous effort at science made understandable for the layman, "E=mc2" is a fun, focused, and educational read.Electric universe has the makings of a good book, but it see. " is a fun, focused, and educational read.Electric universe has the makings of a good book, but it see
Despite the fact that our lives are powered by electricity to an astonishing degree, most of us have little or no understanding of how or why it works. Even so, there's not a single boring bit in the book. He shows how their experiments affected their lives--never more poignantly than with the tragic story of Alan Turing, whose early work designing computers wasn't enough to prevent him from being driven to suicide. Electric Universe is an excellent scientific history, one that reveals both the progress of knowledge and the strange science of the wiggling electrons that run our lives. Instead, we rely on a blurry notion that it flows--like water--through wires to turn on our appliances. From there, he works through the lives of Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Michael Faraday, and other pioneers. In Electric Universe, David Bodanis fools readers, by keeping them entertained and intrigued, into learning the science behind ele