L'ère électrique. The Electric Age

• Main Author: Andrea Oberhuber (auth)
• Other Authors: Silvestra Mariniello (auth), Olivier Asselin (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press 2011
• Subjects: innovation; discovery; science; electricity
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The scientific discovery and mastery of electricity created as many important changes in modern society as did the invention of alphabetical writing in antiquity and movable type in the fifteenth century. It is more than a natural phenomenon that science has harnessed for human use; it is a central...