Scientists and Swindlers - Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 18201890

Informationen zum Autor Trained as a geophysicist, Paul Lucier holds a Ph.D. in history from Princeton University. His work as a historian of science and technology specializing in the earth and environmental sciences and the mining industries has received numerous prizes and has been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation. Klappentext This sweeping narrative enriches our understanding of how the rocks beneath our feet became invaluable resources for science, technology, and industry. Zusammenfassung This sweeping narrative enriches our understanding of how the rocks beneath our feet became invaluable resources for science! technology! and industry.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Lucier
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.02.2009
• EAN: 9780801890031
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-9003-1
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology; Johns Hopkins Studies in the H; Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology; Johns Hopkins Studies in the H
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries