The Battery - How Portable Power Sparked a Technological Revolution

"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 .

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Schlesinger
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.04.2011
• EAN: 9780061442940
• ISBN: 978-0-06-144294-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Science & Technology, SCIENCE: History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Industrial Engineering, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Industrial Technology, SCIENCE: Natural History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Engineering (General), COMPUTERS: Computer Science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING: Electronics / Digital