The Electric Century. How the Taming of Lightning Shaped the Modern World, 1st ed. 2018, Paperback/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. Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG Author(s): J.B. Williams Illustration(s): 1 Illustrations, color; 66 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 216 p. 67 illus., 1 illus. in color. Number of pages: 216 Collection: Springer Praxis Books Publication date: 2017 Dimensions: 239 x 168 x 12 Cover type: Paperback / softback