{"product_id":"a-history-of-electricity-and-magnetism-9780262130707","title":"A History of Electricity and Magnetism","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten so as to be understood by the non-technical reader who is curious about the origin of all the electrical and electromagnetic devices that surround him  this history also provides a convenient compendium of information for those familiar with the electrical and magnetic fields. The book moves along at a rapid pace  as it must if it is to cover the enormous proliferation of developments that have occurred during the last hundred years or so.  The author has struck a workable balance between the human side of his story  introducing those biographical details that help advance it  and its technical side  explaining theories and \"how things work\" where this seems appropriate. He also achieves a balance in recounting the discovery of basic scientific principles and their technological applicationsthe myriad of devices and inventions that utilize energy and information in electromagnetic form.  Indeed  one of the important themes of the book is the close and reciprocal relationship between science and technology  between theory and practice. Before approximately 1840  the purely scientific investigations of electrical and magnetic phenomena were largely ad hoc and observational  and essentially no technology based on them existed. Afterwards  the scientific explorations became more programmatic and mathematical  and technical applications and inventions began to be produced in great abundance. In return  this technology paid its debt to pure science by providing it with a series of measuring instruments and other research devices that allowed it to advance in parallel.  Although this book reviews the early discoveries  from the magnetic lodestone and electrostatic amber of antiquity to Galvanis frogs legs and Franklins kite-and-key of the 1700s  its major emphasis is on the post-1840 developments  as the following chapter titles will confirm: Early DiscoveriesElectrical Machines and Experiments with Static ElectricityVoltaic Electricity  Electrochemistry  Electromagnetism  Galvanometers  Ampere  Biot and Savart  OhmFaraday and HenryDirect Current Dynamos and MotorsImprovements in Batteries  Electrostatic Machines  and Other Older DevicesElectrical Instruments  Laws  and Definitions of UnitsThe Electric TelegraphThe Atlantic CableThe TelephoneElectric LightingAlternating CurrentsElectric TractionElectromagnetic Waves  Radio  Facsimile  and TelevisionMicrowaves  Radar  Radio Relay  Coaxial Cable  ComputersPlasmas  Masers  Lasers  Fuel Cells  Piezoelectric Crystals  TransistorsX-Rays  Radioactivity  Photoelectric Effect  Structure of the Atom  Spectra.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44622892662837,"sku":"ByrdShop_026213070X","price":241.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262130707.jpg?v=1784758058","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-history-of-electricity-and-magnetism-9780262130707","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}