To Light Such a Candle: Chapters in the History of Science and Technology

by Keith J. Laidler

Book Overview

In To light such a candle, renowned chemist and science historian Keith Laidler examines the progress of science and technology over the centuries, tracing the often separate paths of these pursuits, showing how they have ultimately worked together to transform everyday life. Faraday's pure research on electricity, for example, had immense technological implications, while Maxwell's theory of electromagnetic radiation led directly to the discovery...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198500564
• ISBN13: 9780198500568
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"