Description
Book SynopsisHunt translates his often-demanding material into engaging and accessible language suitable for undergraduate students of the history of science and technology.
Trade ReviewHighly recommended. Choice 2010 Pursuing Power and Light is the best and most up-to-date treatment, especially for undergraduates, of the key concepts and figures of 19th-century physics. -- Robert Friedel Physics Today 2011 Essential reading both for students in engineering and the sciences and for those in HPS departments... enjoyable and very interesting reading. -- Stathis Arapostathis Metascience 2011
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: A World Transformed
1. Steam and Work
2. Energy and Entropy
3. The Kinetic Theory: Chaos and Order
4. Electricity: Currents and Networks
5. Electromagnetism: Ether and Field
6. Electric Power and Light
7. Into a New Century
Epilogue: Einstein at the Patent Office
Suggested Further Reading
Index
