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The Battery by Henry Schlesinger
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The Battery

How Portable Power Sparked a Technological Revolution
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"Henry Schlesinger is playful and intelligent and obscenely well read." -- Richard Zacks, author of The Pirate Hunter "Henry Schlesinger's fascinating and superbly researched history of the battery is the story of civilization as we know it." -- Michael Belfiore, author of The Department of Mad Scientists Henry Schlesinger's The Battery is the first popular history of the technology that harnessed electricity and powered the greatest scientific and technological advances of our time. If you like Wired Magazine and popular science books, you'll love the "hidden history" of The Battery.

Author Biography:

Henry Schlesinger is a journalist and author specializing in science and emerging technologies. He is the coauthor of Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda, and lives in New York City.
Release date Australia
April 12th, 2011
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
illustrations
Pages
320
Dimensions
136x202x20
ISBN-13
9780061442940
Product ID
10045681

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