David Bodanis History & Philosophy Books

In Electric Universe, David Bodanis weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration, and fraud through a lucid account of... more

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  Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World

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  • Posted:May-17-2007

  • Very Satisfied
  • My 14 year old son had to read this for school. In his words, it took what he thought was going to be a dull subject and made it interesting with all the stories and examples. He actually enjoyed it.
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  • Not as good as E=mc squared
  • Bodanis's prior book "E=mc squared" was a more informative and entertaining read than Electric Universe. Electric Universe was a bit too dumbed-down technically in its attempts to be accessible....
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  • Posted:May-27-2006

  • The 'Cliffs Notes' history of electricity
  • Purchased this book after seeing that it won the 2006 Aventis General Prize for popular science writing. While the book is a quick and interesting read, I found that it ultimately left me wanting...
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In his bestselling E=mc2, David Bodanis led us, with astonishing ease, through the world?s most famous equation. Now,... more

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  Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity

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  • Posted:Mar-16-2009

  • Incredible Electrical History
  • I teach electricity and I've read electrical history since I was a young boy. I listened to the audio book and found it rife with preposterous assumptions and lacking credible accounts, histories,...
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  • Posted:Sep-18-2007

  • Good, but not great...
  • I found Electric Universe interesting, but lacking in certain respects. Granted, I listened to the abridged audio, CD version of this book, and my background is in Electrical Engineering, so I'll...
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  • Posted:Nov-27-2006

  • Yet another book that proves any subject can be made interesting
  • Electric Universe is one of those science books full of anecdotal details and the little stories behind the big stories. The book covers some of the big discoveries and inventions in the field of...
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  Electric Universe

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  • Posted:Jul-29-2008

  • Wonderful
  • This book succeeded in showing the romantic and exciting side of the discoveries made on electricity over the last two or three hundred years, while remaining straight-forward and simple enough for...
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To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einstein?s miracle year of discoveries, a new edition of the bestselling... more

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  E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation

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  • Posted:Oct-04-2009

  • Physics
  • Neat book. Quick read. Easy explanations to some otherwise difficult concepts. Not expensive Everyone should read.
    Arrived timely and in good condition.
    
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