Scientists and Swindlers: Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820-1890

by Paul Lucier

In this impressively researched and highly original work, Paul Lucier explains how science became an integral part of American technology and industry in the nineteenth century. Scientists and Swindlers introduces us to a new service of professionals: the consulting scientists. Lucier follows these entrepreneurial men of science on their wide-ranging commercial engagements from the shores of Nova Scotia to the coast of California and shows...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801890039
• ISBN13: 9780801890031
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.1" x 10.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher