The Electric Century How the Taming of Lightning Shaped the Modern World /

• Main Author: Williams, J.B (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Popular Science,
• Subjects: Technology.; Technology-History.; Electrical engineering.; Energy systems.; Computers.; Communication.; Popular Science in Technology.; History of Technology.; Electrical Engineering.; Energy Systems.; History of Computing.; Media and Communication.

This book is about how electricity has profoundly changed the way we live, work, and play. Some twenty topics are covered, with an abundance of graphs and images to build a comprehensive picture. Each looks at the developments, and the people who initiated them, together with how one led to the next...