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The Electric Century: How the Taming of Lightning Shaped the Modern World - Springer Praxis Books J.B. Williams 1st ed. 2018 edition
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The Electric Century: How the Taming of Lightning Shaped the Modern World - Springer Praxis Books
J.B. Williams
The Electric Century examines how we got from then to now. The nineteenth is often described as the century of steam from the impact it had on employment and transport, and The Electric Century makes a similar claim as the description of the twentieth.
216 pages, 65 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 10, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9783319511542 |
| Publishers | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Pages | 216 |
| Dimensions | 168 × 239 × 12 mm · 443 g |
| Language | German |
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