{"product_id":"the-battery-how-portable-power-sparked-a-technological-revolution-paperback","title":"The Battery: How Portable Power Sparked a Technological Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Schlesinger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Henry Schlesinger is playful and intelligent and obscenely well read.\" -- Richard Zacks, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Pirate Hunter\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Henry Schlesinger's fascinating and superbly researched history of the battery is the story of civilization as we know it.\" -- Michael Belfiore, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Department of Mad Scientists\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Schlesinger's \u003cem\u003eThe Battery\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Battery\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn eye-opening history of the technology that harnessed electricity and powered the greatest scientific and technological advances of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begin as a long-running dispute in biology, involving a dead frog's twitching leg, a scalpel, and a metal plate, would become an invention that transformed the history of the world: the battery. Science journalist Henry Schlesinger traces the history of this essential power source and demonstrates its impact on our lives, from Alessandro Volta's first copper-and-zinc model in 1800 to twenty-first-century technological breakthroughs. Schlesinger introduces the charlatans and geniuses, the paupers and magnates, who were attracted to the power of the battery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 7.95 x 5.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455062917298,"sku":"9780061442940","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/d72cb873abdec320e745aa67407aa79b.webp?v=1778863346","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-battery-how-portable-power-sparked-a-technological-revolution-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}